State v. Thompson

The defendant, Clifford Thompson, was convicted of first degree rape and has appealed.’ Certain of the facts are undisputed. The defendant is a farmer living about IV2 miles east of Webster, South Dakota. At the time of the alleged offense he was 32 years of age and had a family of his wife and two children, aged 2 and 6. The complaining witness, Alice Kwasniewski, was 16 years of age and resided with her parents in Webster. She attended high school and took employment caring for children evenings. During the afternoon of the 12th of June, 1944, Mrs. Thompson, wife of the defendant, made…