State v. Buckle

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

Ed Buckle appeals from a conviction upon a charge of rape committed upon his stepdaughter, who reached the age of fifteen years August 20, 1922. She will be spoken of as the complaining witness, although her mother swore to the complaint. She gave birth'to a normal child May 15, 1922. She testified that the defendant had had intercourse with her just before she was thirteen and frequently afterwards.

1. After the jury was sworn the county attorney asked and was given leave to indorse the names of three additional witnesses upon the…