Jackson v. State

Defendant, Andrew Jackson, was charged in the district court of Sequoyah county with the crime of rape in the first degree, was tried, convicted and sentenced to serve a term of 15 years in the State Penitentiary, and has appealed. .

It is first contended that the judgment and sentence is contrary to the law and the evidence, and that the court erred in refusing to sustain a demurrer to the evidence. This makes necessary a short review of the evidence and the law applicable thereto.

The charge against the defendant was that of rape by force of Ida Whitney, age 33 years, in Sequoyah county, on…