People v. Crable

Defendant was convicted by a jury on the charge of rape, MCLA § 750.520 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.788), and was sentenced to serve 15 to 25 years in prison. Defendant appeals from the conviction.

Defendant was a tenant worker on complainant’s father’s farm. The complainant testified that she went to defendant’s cabin to get him to help start a tractor. Complainant then testified that when she stepped inside the cabin to inspect a battery defendant had, she was grabbed and hit by the defendant who promised he would stop only if she took off her clothes. It was by this means that defendant was…