People v. Arenas Alemañy

Ht. Justice TexidoR

delivered the opinion of the eonrt.

A duly impaneled jury in the District Court of Mayagiiez found Berman Alemañy guilty of rape on an information which charged that on January 23, 1927, he had sexual relations with María Belén Flores Asencio, a girl of less than fourteen years of age who was not his wife. The defendant moved for a new trial which was denied. The court rendered judgment sentencing the defendant to five years in the penitentiary at hard labor and the defendant has appealed.

Seven errors are assigned by the appellant and five of them refer to the evidence.

The…