Slocum v. People

Defendant was convicted of the crime of first degree rape on an information charging that he “did * * * unlawfully, forcibly and feloniously rape, ravish and carnally know a certain unmarried female person under the age of eighteen years, to-wit: Iona Peterson, of the age of seventeen years, he the said Mike Slocum being then and there a male person of over the age of twenty years, contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided.”

Motion for new trial was overruled and the case is before us on defendant’s request for final determination upon his application for supersedeas.

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