State v. Stillman
Wisconsin Supreme Court
EEPOETED from the Circuit Court for Green Lake County. Information for rape. The questions reported are stated in the opinion.
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EEPOETED from the Circuit Court for Green Lake County. Information for rape. The questions reported are stated in the opinion. See. 4381, E. S., was as follows: “ Any person who shall ravish and carnally know any female of the age of ten years or more, by force and against her will, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison not more than thirty years, nor less than ten years; but if the female shall be proven on the trial to have been, at the time of the offense, a common prostitute, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison not more than seven years, nor less than…
1Opinion of the CourtOetoN, J.
The defendant was informed against and convicted of the crime of rape on a female of the age of thirty-eight years. On the trial of this, case questions of •law arose which, in the opinion of the judge of the circuit *126court, were so important or doubtful as to require the decision of this court, and the judge of said court has therefore reported the case to this court for the decision of said questions. The questions are as follows: “First. Was section 4381 of the Revised Statutes of 1818 repealed by chapter 368 of the General Laws of 1889?” “Second. Can the defendant be punished under said…
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