State v. Damm

Defendant, Clement Damm, and his wife intermarried in 1913. No children have been born of said marriage, but in 1925, while residing in Iowa, Damm and his wife adopted twin girls, Ruby and Ruth Wilson, then approximately seven years of age. The family removed' to Sioux Falls, S. D., in April, 1929, where they continued to reside. In May, 1931, it was discovered that Ruby, one of the adopted girls, was pregnant, and shortly thereafter defendant was arrested upon a charge of second degree rape. Ruby gave birth to a normal, full-term, female child on September 25, 1931. Shortly thereafter…