Shartzer v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Allegany County. The appellant was tried and convicted in the Court below, on an indictment for committing rape. The case is further stated in the opinion of this Court.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The appellant was tried for committing a rape, and the main question on this appeal is whether the prosecutrix could be asked, whether she had previously had connection with another person, other than the prisoner ?
The decisions on this question, it must he admitted, have not been uniform either in England, or in this country. Plausible reasons have been assigned, and adjudged *150cases are to be found, both for and against tbe admissibility of sucb evidence, and some Courts have gone so far, as to allow the prisoner to prove specific acts on the part of the prosecutrix. At the argument I had, I…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. BensonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1856
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- State v. VadnaisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1875
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