Hancock v. State

The plaintiff in error, defendant below, William B. Hancock, was charged by information, tried by a jury, convicted of first degree rape, and sentenced to 35 years in the penitentiary in the district court of Tulsa county, Okla. The information, in substance, alleged that on or about September 27, 1948, the defendant had sexual intercourse with Velma Maydine Hancock, a girl 13 years of age, his daughter, contrary to the provisions of Title 21 O. S. A. 1941 §§ 1111, 1113, 1114, 1115. The record discloses that the defendant himself was 46 years of age. It also shows that he had been having…