State v. Ballard

The defendant was convicted of rape in the second degree and has appealed to this court. Defendant while residing at Huron where he was employed as a cream station superintendent and traveling over a territory in eastern South Dakota was employed by the First Baptist Church in Wessington Springs as a lay pastor. For a time defendant continued to reside in Huron and made weekly trips to Wessington Springs to serve the church. In January 1944 defendant with his family, which consisted of his wife and three children, moved to Wessington Springs and occupied a house that is described in the…