State v. Diamond

OPINION

By the Court,

Ducker, J.:

Appellant was convicted of the crime of statutory rape, alleged to have been committed on or about June 14, 1926. He insists that the evidence is not sufficient to support the conviction. The following is a summary of the salient facts established at the trial:

During the latter part of the month of December, 1925, and for about six months thereafter, the prosecutrix, a girl 16 years of age, and appellant, 27 years of age, were employed in a grocery store in the town of Ruth. A friendship grew up between them which finally developed into a love affair. The girl…