Schreiner v. People

Mr. Justice Butler,

sitting for Mr. Chief Justice Adams, delivered the opinion of the court.

Henry Schreiner was convicted of statutory rape and was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary. He seeks a reversal of the sentence.

1. The first assignment of error is that the information is insufficient in this, that it does not contain an allegation that the girl was not the wife of the defendant at the time the offense is alleged to have been committed. Section 6689 of the Compiled Laws provides: “Rape is an act of sexual intercourse, accomplished with, by or between a male and a female…