People v. Ayers

Respondent was convicted of the crime of statutory rape in the circuit court of Cass county, under an information containing a single count charging him with having on the 27th day of April, 1911, *243in Penn township, Cass county, Mich., feloniously assaulted and carnally known one Mabel Bowerman, a female child under the age of 16 years. After denial of a motion for a new trial, respondent brings the proceedings to this court by a writ of error containing 40 assignments, which, condensed, may be stated as relating to alleged errors in the admission and rejection of testimony, in prejudicial…