State v. Wichers
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Eighth Judicial District Court, Parish of Jefferson; Prentice E. Edrington, Judge.' Benedict M. Wichers was convicted of statutory rape, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtOverton, J.
The defendant was tried in Hay, 1921, upon the charge of having had, on August 29. 1920, sexual intercourse with an unmarried female, 15 years of age, with her consent; and from a verdict of guilty- and the judgment of court sentencing him to the state penitentiary, he prosecutes this appeal.
At the comencement of the trial the state sought to establish, by the young girl with whom it is alleged the accused had sexual intercourse, the crime charged in the bill and the date of its commission; and in the course of the examination the state asked the witness the following questions:
“Q. Now Mr.…
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