State v. Sauter

MR. JUSTICE FREEBOURN:

John Sauter, defendant and appellant, with George Schneider, was charged by information with the crime of rape, “by tlje use of force and violence, and threats of violence and great and immediate bodily harm,” upon a female of the age of 22 years.

Sauter, tried separately, was convicted and sentenced to serve 25 years in the state prison. From this conviction he appeals.

Over objection, the prosecution was permitted-to introduce in evidence statements of defendant tending to show he had committed rape upon another woman sometime prior to the commission of the act for which…