State v. Jonas

The defendant was convicted of the crime of rape, and prosecutes this appeal from the judgment and sentence of the court. Insufficiency of the evidence to justify the verdict is the only error assigned. The appellant contends that the testimony of the female raped was not corroborated as required by the act of March 15th, 1907, Laws of 1907, page 396- That act provides as follows:

“No conviction shall be had for the offense of rape, or seduction, in this state upon the testimony of the female raped, or seduced, unless it is corroborated by such other evidence as tends to convict the defendant…