State v. Wilkins & Blow
Supreme Court of Vermont
Indictment for rape. Plea, not guilty. Trial by jury at the September term,.1891, Chittenden County, Ross, C. ]., presiding. Verdict guilty. The respondents except. The opinion states the case. Testimony as to shouts from the direction of the Catholic church was inadmissible. They were not sxxfficiently connected with the transaction to be a part of the res gestae. Rapalje’s Crim.
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Indictment for rape. Plea, not guilty. Trial by jury at the September term,.1891, Chittenden County, Ross, C. ]., presiding. Verdict guilty. The respondents except. The opinion states the case. Testimony as to shouts from the direction of the Catholic church was inadmissible. They were not sxxfficiently connected with the transaction to be a part of the res gestae. Rapalje’s Crim. Proc. 349; Holt v. State, 9 Texas App. 571- Evidence of the prosecutrix as to when she first told Dumas that she had been raped was improperly admitted. 1 Rus. Crimes, 688, 689; Roscoe’s Crim. Ev. 23 ; State v.…
1Opinion of the CourtTyler, J.
The evidence of the state tended to show that Mary Pratt, on the evening of October 5, 1890, came to the city of Burlington from the village of Winooski by horse-car with one Albert Gonyeau, to whom she was then engaged to be married and whom she married a few days later; that they started to return to her home in Winooski, walking along the highway called the lower road, until they reached the southeasterly corner of Athletic Park, in Burlington, where they turned from the lower road to pass along the easterly end of the park to go towards another highwajr running nearly at right angles with…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- People v. RathbunNew York Supreme Court · 1839
- Baccio v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
- Higgins v. . People of the State of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1874
- State v. NilesSupreme Court of Vermont · 1874
- State v. DaleySupreme Court of Vermont · 1881
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- Scott v. BaileySupreme Court of Vermont · 1901
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