Bray v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Walker. Tried before the Hon. A. A. Coleman. The appellant in this case, Oliver Bray, was indicted and tried and convicted for an assault with intent to rape one Ida Andrews, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for five years. Upon the examination of prosecutrix, Ida Andrews, she testified to the details of the assault committed upon her and that said assault was made in the woods a short distance from the house of the defendant.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Walker. Tried before the Hon. A. A. Coleman. The appellant in this case, Oliver Bray, was indicted and tried and convicted for an assault with intent to rape one Ida Andrews, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for five years. Upon the examination of prosecutrix, Ida Andrews, she testified to the details of the assault committed upon her and that said assault was made in the woods a short distance from the house of the defendant. The prosecutrix further testified that at the time of the assault she was living with the defendant and his wife. The State then…
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
Where in prosecutions for rape the woman assaulted has testified to the commission of the offense the State may, in corroboration of her testimony as to the main fact, prove also that recently after the outrage she made complaint to those to whom complaint of such occurrence would naturally be made. On direct examination such testimony is confined to the bare fact of complaint; and details of the occurrence, including the identity of the person accused, are not proper subjects of inquiry. In such case, the State is not privileged to prove that the woman complained that any particular person…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Griffin v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
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