State v. Jewett

The respondent was tried and found guilty of the crime of rape upon Helen Harvey, and brings the case here upon exceptions. Several exceptions were saved, but the only one necessary to consider is the overruling of respondent’s motion for a directed verdict.

There was no evidence that the respondent used any force or violence to accomplish his purpose, but the State claimed that Helen Harvey did not have sufficient mental capacity to consent.

Helen Harvey was the State’s principal witness. We learn from her testimony that she began going' to school when six; years old, and left at sixteen when…