People v. Vail

Rufus Vail was indicted for the crime of rape, waived a jury trial, was convicted and was sentenced to from ten to twenty-five years in the penitentiary.

He contends on appeal that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in that the complainant’s testimony was unbelievable and contradictory and that she was contradicted by police officers, while the defendant’s testimony was reasonable and corroborated.

The complaining witness testified that on a warm summer night, June 30,1963, at approximately 1:00 a. m., she was returning home from a local restaurant. As she approached the gangway…