State v. Winnett

The defendant was convicted of statutory rape, alleged to have been committed on the person of Bessie Braden, she being at the time of the alleged offense under the age of eighteen years. Appellant was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. Between the alleged commission of the crime and the trial of the cause, appellant and Bessie Braden were married, and she was his wife at the time of the trial. All of the witnesses, except the father of Bessie, were excluded from the courtroom during the trial.

The appellant’s first contention, is that the court erred in…