State v. Damm

Defendant was convicted of second-degree rape, and this court affirmed the judgment. State v. Damm (1933) 62 S. D. 123, 252 N. W. 7. That some one had intercourse with prosecutrix at about the date charged in the information was evidenced by the fact that she bore a child' in 'due time thereafter. Prosecutrix maintained that she had never had intercourse with any person other than defendant. Consequently, the issue of paternity became highly material. Defendant, at the trial, asked the court to require prosecutrix and her infant to furnish a few drops of blood for the purpose of having the…