Legal Opinion

State v. Williams

Utah Supreme Court

Decided July 10, 1909No. 2015PublishedCited by 25 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Third District; Hon. John' F. Ghidister, Judge. The defendant, Nathaniel Williams, was convicted of -'rape and appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtMcCAETY, J.

The defendant was informed against in the Fourth Judicial District Court, sitting at Provo, Utah, for the crime of rape alleged to have been committed on a female child under thirteen years of age. The defendant was tried, found guilty of an assault with intent to commit rape, and sentenced to serve a term of seven years in the state prison. To reverse the judgment of conviction, the defendant has appealed to- this court.

The record shows that the crime was committed, if committed at all, at defendant’s residence in Provo City, Utah, about the middle of August, 1905. The child on whom the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. People v. . SharpNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
  2. Shaffner v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1872
  3. State v. HilbergUtah Supreme Court · 1900
  4. Parkinson v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  5. People v. LaneCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Lovely v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1948
  2. State v. SaundersUtah Supreme Court · 1999
  3. State v. WarehamUtah Supreme Court · 1989
  4. Terry v. Zions Cooperative Mercantile InstitutionUtah Supreme Court · 1979
  5. State v. DoportoUtah Supreme Court · 1997

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