Gore v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for rape. Before Judge Henry. Floyd superior ■court. November 16, 1903.
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
“ Rape is the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will.” Penal Code, § 93. This is the common-law definition as given by Blackstone. 4 Bl. 210; 2 Bish. New Crim. L. § 1113 (2). Rape as thus defined was an offense at common law. English statutes were enacted making the offense penal, but these have been treated as simply declaratory of the common law. Various definitions of the offense have been given. A number of these are collected in an article in 13 Criminal Law Magazine, page 503, the author of which puts into the following definition the various elements of the several…
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