State v. Odle

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hopkins, J.:

The defendant appeals from a conviction of forcible rape and incest upon the person of his niece, Amy Odle.

The complaining witness, twenty-five years old at the time of the trial, was afflicted with severe epilepsy. She had stopped school when sixteen or seventeen years old; had never been married. She was afflicted with spells (fits), and had not been well for several years. Had known the defendant (her uncle) all her life. He had made his home with her family the last several years. There was evidence that he attacked her several times.…