State v. McIlwain

The defendant was convicted of the crime of rape committed upon a girl under the age of eighteen years. He has appealed from an order denying his motion for a new trial. He relies for reversal upon several assignments of error, the principal one being that the verdict is contrary to the evidence. As we have concluded that the court erred in overruling the motion on this ground, it will not be necessary for us to consider any of the other assignments.

We shall not set out the details of the story told by the prosecutrix, because they are so revolting and disgusting that they would serve only to…