Hash v. State of Arizona

The defendant, Y. L. Hash, was convicted of raping Nora Edgar, a sixteen year old girl not his wife, which under the statute is a crime regardless of the girl’s consent. In other words, under the law she was incapable of consenting. Section 4596, Rev. Code 1928. The information fixed the 5th day of May, 1935, as the time the act was committed.

The defendant’s defenses were (1) a denial of the act and that he was not present at the time and place alleged or relied upon by the prosecution; and (2) that the charge against him was a <£frame-up” by the prosecuting witness and others to extort money…