Mercer v. State

Ellis, ' J.

-The plaintiff in error Lewis Mercer, was indicted' for the crime of incest alleged to have been committed upon his daughter during the month of April, A. D. 1921. The testimony of the daughter with whom the illicit intercourse was alleged to have been committed was to the affect that the defendant began such conduct about two weeks after the death of his wife, and by cruelty and intimidation subjected her body to his unlawful desires many times through a period of about a year, or longer. There was a verdict of guilt by the jury and judgment and *557sentence pronounced by tbe court,…