Taylor v. State

The appellant was convicted of the crime of rape upon the person of Jane Taylor, a child nine years of age. It is contended by his counsel that the verdict is not .supported because there is no evidence of penetration.

*280Our statute provides that “ In prosecutions for the offenceof rape, proof of penetration shall be sufficient evidence of the commission of the offence.” R. S. 1881, section 1806.. Under this statute, however it may have been at common, law, the slightest penetration of the genital organ of the male into that of the female is sufficient, the other elements of the crime being…