People v. Castro

Defendant was convicted of the crime of rape, alleged to have been committed on one Carmen Mancha, a female aged about fifteen years. The appeal is from the judgment and from an order denying a motion for a new trial. It is contended that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict and that the admission of certain testimony over objection and the giving of an instruction to the jury were prejudicially erroneous.

The crime was alleged to have been committed in the city of Monterey on or about October 5, 1925, and it was shown that the defendant had been acquainted with the child and…