Maillet v. People

The jury found the plaintiff in error guilty of rape upon Ellen Maillet, a girl between fifteen and sixteen years of age, and he was sentenced by the circuit judge to imprisonment for a term of years. He complains of rulings on his trial.

The girl was allowed to testify that the prisoner was her father; that he was a man of great strength, had been abusive to his family, and had many times beaten her mother; that he was in liquor when he outraged her, and that she was frightened- and in great fear of him. Many particulars were given.

The admission of this evidence requires no discussion. The…