State v. Lamberti

The prosecuting witness is a girl about eleven years of age. Appellant is a man about thirty-eight years of age. The prosecuting witness lived in her father’s family, and appellant roomed there. At the time of the transaction in question, the mother was away from home. After the family had breakfast, appellant complained of a headache, and retired to his room and went to bed. The father went to his work in the coal mine, and, as we gather from the evidence, no one was about the premises except appellant and the prosecuting witness. According to her testimony, appellant called her to his room…