Brown v. State

The trial was had in September, 1925. The girl at that time was 17 years and one month of age. Some of the acts complained of happened before the girl was 16 years of age, and while there were others which took place after she was 16 years of age, the crime of incest was completed at a time when the girl had not reached the age of consent. If the evidence of the state had been confined to the times prior to the time that the girl had reached the age of consent, no corroboration of her testimony would have been necessary. Code 1923, § 5411. Palmer v. State, 165 Ala. 129, 51 So. 358. But the…