Smalls v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for rape, from Chatham superior court — Judge Charlton. January 18, 1909.
1Opinion of the CourtBussell, J.
1. The defendant was indicted for rape and convicted of assault with intent to rape. He excepts to the overruling of his motion for a new trial. The judge instructed the jury: “From the peculiar character of rape and assault with intent to rape, care is to be used in regard to them. The injured *503female is usually a competent witness in such cases, but the degree of credit to be given to her evidence depends more or less upon the concurrence of the circumstances of the fact with her testimony. For instance, if she be of good -fame, if she presently discovered the offense, made pursuit after the…
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