State v. Ralston

SheewiN, J.—

The indictment charged the defendant with the crime of raping his sister, Lucy Ralston, an unmarried woman about forty-five years old. The mother died in 1906 and thereafter until the crime was committed the defendant and his sister lived together on a farm six miles from Albia.

i. Rape: _ evidence?*1118 The 'sister testified that the crime was committed about 9 o’clock at night in her own room; that she had gone to her room and was partly undressed when the defendant opened the door and entered the room; that he immediately took hold of her and told her • to take off her clothes; that…