State v. Williams
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Texas Circuit Court, — Hon. L. B. Woodside, Judge. (1) The condition of the woman with reference to being pregnant, together with the testimony of the witnesses to whom defendant made statements to the effect that he had on a certain occasion and at a certain place had sexual intercourse with her is sufficient to. fasten a verdict and finding of guilt upon him.
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Appeal from Texas Circuit Court, — Hon. L. B. Woodside, Judge. (1) The condition of the woman with reference to being pregnant, together with the testimony of the witnesses to whom defendant made statements to the effect that he had on a certain occasion and at a certain place had sexual intercourse with her is sufficient to. fasten a verdict and finding of guilt upon him. (2) McOlain, in his work on criminal law, says: “There may be such idiocy or insanity on the part of the female as to negative any consent by her, and therefore make the connection had with her, by reason of her condition,…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
Defendant was convicted in the circuit court of Texas county on the twenty-third day of November, 1898, of the crime of rape, and his punishment fixed at five years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. He appeals.
Eliza Buckner, an imbecile female, was raised in Texas county, and lived with her parents all of her life. She was about thirty-four years of age at the time of the commission of the offense with which defendant stands charged. She did not know right from wrong, could not learn her letters nor count, nor could she tell the hour of the day by the clock, nor the number of days in a week…
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