Bigcraft v. People

delivered the opinion of the court.,/Phe defendant, who is the father of the prosecuting witness, was convicted of the crime of rape and sentenced accordingly. They were the only witnesses to the material facts and contradicted each other in every important particular. We are loath to disturb the. verdict of a jury, and would not do so in this case were it not so clear that grave errors were committed by the trial court. But to allow the judgment to stand would be to violate principles of law which have been repeatedly enunciated by the highest courts of this country and England. /

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