State v. Guye

An information was filed in the Circuit Court of Warren County, Missouri, containing nine counts, in each of which defendant was charged with the crime of rape, in that, on the 12th, 19th and 26th days of June, 1919, and on the 6th, 10th, 17th, 20th, 24th and 31st days of July, 1919, he committed statutory rape upon Edith Leek, a female child, under the age of fifteen years, in Warren County aforesaid, on each of above dates. At the instance of defendant, the venue was changed and the cause sent to Audrain County, Missouri, and tried there before a jury. On September 9, 1921, the jury…