State v. Cox

Appeal from the judgment of conviction and from an order denying a new trial. Defendant was convicted of the crime of rape.

Sexual intercourse is admitted. The controversy relates to defendant’s claim that the girl consented. There is a sharp conflict between the two. The jury was privileged to find either way. .There seems to be weakness in the version of both parties. The very common argument, in cases of this character, is made to the effect that some of the acts as detailed by the girl are improbable and that at the preliminary examination she did not give the identical version as on the…