People v. Werner

Defendant was convicted of the crime of rape upon Elizabeth Nax, the 17-year-old illegitimate daughter of his former wife. The mother was also informed against as an accessory and likewise convicted. Elizabeth was bom in Germany. Her mother left that country when her daughter was five years old, leaving her in the care of friends and relatives. She met and married defendant in Arizona. They were subsequently divorced, but soon thereafter left that State under an arrangement that they should live together as husband and wife but hold themselves' out as brother and sister, she assuming the name…