State v. Stroud

HOLMAN, SPECIAL JUDGE.

Appellant, Gus ’ Stroud, hereafter referred to as the defendant, was found guilty of forcible rape upon Norma Louise Sandoz and his punishment assessed by the jury at 12 years imprisonment in the penitentiary. From the ensuing judgment and sentence he has appealed.

The State’s evidence justifies the following statement of facts. Prosecutrix lived with her husband in an apartment at 1553 Cole Street in the City, of St. Louis, Missouri. He played as a musician in a dance band.and frequently did not get home from his work until three or four o ’clock in the .morning, .thus…