Henderson v. State

Plaintiff in error was convicted in the district court for Grant county of the crime of rape, charged to have been committed upon one Emma C. Biles, forcibly and against her will. Henderson testified in his own behalf, and admitted the fact of sexual intercourse, but stated that it was with the womau’s consent. The woman made complaint to her husband about 20 hours after the event, and they were permitted, over defendant’s objections, to testify to that fact. The court instructed the jury that, unless the prosecutrix Avas corroborated upon material points, they ought not to convict the…