Peckham v. People

The information charges the defendant with the crime of rape upon one Anna Nelson, “a female person under the age of eighteen years.” The defendant moved to quash the information upon the ground that the statute commonly known as the Age of Consent law is unconstitutional and void, and in his motion sets forth facts which he claims render the law unconstitutional. The district attorney did not answer the motion nor file demurrer thereto. The court, after argument, overruled the motion. The jury found the defendant guilty as charged in the information, and the defendant asks that the judgment…