State v. Pyle

Carter Pyle, of negro blood, appeals from a judgment imposing a sentence of ninety-nine years' imprisonment for forcibly ravishing (see Sec. 3999, R.S. 1929, Mo. Stat. Ann., p. 2801) a white girl of the age of twenty years.

[1] Defendant questions the sufficiency of the evidence, contending that certain isolated facts (some of which were not disputed by defendant) established by the State's case are unworthy of belief. As will appear hereinafter, there was substantial testimony supporting the verdict and it is unnecessary to develop defendant's contention. The act of intercourse stands…