Ledley v. State

Indictment for rape, taken by change of venue from Tippecanoe to Montgomery county. Pleas, not guilty and former acquittal. Trial by jury, verdict of guilty, motion for a new trial overruled, and judgment on the verdict. The evidence is made part of the record.

A series of propositions in relation to rape, headed “instructions asked by defendant,” some of them marked in the margin “refused,” and others not, signed by defendant’s attorneys, are set-out; and immediately following it is noted, that the following instructions were given in modification of those asked by the defendant. Then follow…