Legal Opinion
State v. Morden
Washington Supreme Court
Decided September 29, 1915No. 12511PublishedCited by 41 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pacific county, Edward H. Wright, J., entered May 1, 1914, upon a trial and conviction of rape.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
The defendant was prosecuted for the crime of statutory rape, under an information the charging part of which is as follows:
“That the said W. C. Morden, in the county of Pacific, state of Washington, on or about the 30th day of September, 1913, did then and there being, unlawfully and feloniously assault and carnally know one Ruth Ford, an unmarried *467female child under the age of eighteen years: to-wit, of the age of fifteen years, of previously chaste character, and not the wife of the said W. C. Morden, contrary to the form of the statute in such cases made and provided, and against the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- McKnight V. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1902
- State v. JacksonWashington Supreme Court · 1915
- State v. PepoonWashington Supreme Court · 1911
- State v. MelvernWashington Supreme Court · 1903
- State v. FetterlyWashington Supreme Court · 1903
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3Cited by41 opinions
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- State v. SevernsWashington Supreme Court · 1942
- State v. GalbreathWashington Supreme Court · 1966
- State v. EmmanuelWashington Supreme Court · 1953
- Caldwell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
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