State v. Birchard

The defendant, Willard Birchard, was indicted, tried, and convicted of the crime of rape, alleged to have been committed July 10, 1895, by having illicit sexual intercourse with one Minnie Birchard, a female child under the age of sixteen years; and, having been sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of twenty years, he appeals.

1. It is contended by defendant’s counsel that the court erred in limiting the time to one hour after the case was called for trial, in which to submit requests for special instructions. The bill of exceptions shows that, upon the cause being called…