State v. Burton

Albert Burton was convicted of statutory rape and sentenced to a term of twenty-five years. Early one Saturday morning the prosecutrix, a fourteen-year-old girl, accompanied her father to Poplar Bluff where he worked, from their home seven miles away. She first visited her grandmother. She was walking along Main Street eating a candy bar when Burton picked her up about 11:30 A. m. He took her to a hotel where he registered her as his wife and then took her to a room which they occupied until 4:30 p. m. the following afternoon. The girl testified Burton had intercourse with her four times.…