People v. Ciulla
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County. J. R. Welch, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWaste, P. J.
The appellant was convicted of rape, alleged to have been forcibly committed by him upon the person of Mary Schiro, a young Italian woman, twenty-two years of age. From the judgment of his conviction, and from the order denying his motion for a new trial, defendant appeals.
His first contention is that the verdict is not supported by the evidence. There is absolutely no merit in the eon tention. On the trial, appellant admitted the act of sexual intercourse, hut denied that it was had or accomplished by him with force or violence, but contended that the prosecutrix consented thereto. This was…
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