People v. . Thompson
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered March 6,1914, reversing a judgment of the Kings County Court rendered upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of rape in the second degree and granting a new trial. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Collin, J.:
The defendant was convicted of the crime of rape in the second degree under the provision of the Penal Law: “ A person who perpetrates an act of sexual intercourse with a female, not his wife, under the age of eighteen years, under circumstances not amounting to rape in the first degree, is guilty of rape in the second degree, and punishable with imprisonment for not more than ten years.” (Section 2010.)
The female involved gave testimony, under her direct examination as a witness for the prosecution, in proof that the offense charged in the indictment was committed, and…
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