Bauman v. People

Roy Bauman was charged with the crime of rape, and, upon arraignment, his sole plea was, “Not guilty by reason of insanity at the time of the alleged commission of the crime and since.” Upon trial on this plea by the jury it found him to be sane, and, after the overruling of his motion for a new trial, he was sentenced to serve a term in the penitentiary.

The motion for a new trial was based on only two alleged errors committed by the trial court, and these are: 1. A statement of the District Attorney was prejudicial to defendant; and 2, the admission in evidence of a doctor’s testimony. We…