Whitaker v. State

1. Carnal knowledge of an imbecile female, who is mentally incapable of giving an intelligent assent or dissent and to exercise judgment, constitutes rape. The evidence was sufficient under this legal test to authorize the verdict of guilty.

2. It was not error to deny counsel for the defendant, while cross-examining the blind father of the injured female, who had testified concerning her attendance in school, the right to read in the hearing of the jury the contents of a certified copy of the county-school record of such female, it not appearing that the witness had ever had knowledge of the…