People v. Gonzales

Appellant herein was convicted of the crime of rape. He appeals from the judgment of imprisonment. No brief was filed on behalf of appellant, and at the oral argument but one ground was urged in support of the claim that a reversal of the judgment should be ordered. It was charged in the information that the act complained of was consummated with a girl of the age of fourteen years. This girl was called as a witness at the trial and, after answering preliminary questions, made objection to being required to narrate further facts. In answer to a question calling for such a recital she…