State v. Baker

1 The evidence warranted the jury in finding that some one assaulted Bertha McVey, with the purpose of committing rape, on the morning of May 28, 1896. She identified the defendant as the guilty party. Ho insists, however, that she is not corroborated by other evidence tending to connect him with the commission of the offense. The statute does not fix the quantum, or kind of evidence required, nor is its sufficiency to be determined by excluding the evidence of the injured party. State v. McLaughlin, 44 Iowa, 85. If, considered in connection therewith, the other evidence tends to identify and…