Monchego v. People

Plaintiff in error was convicted of the crime of statutory rape, and seeks reversal on an application for supersedeas.

The seven assignments of error may be comprehended in three assertions: 1. That a letter—People’s Exhibit 1—written by defendant to the prosecutrix was improperly admitted in evidence; 2. that error was committed by the court in permitting the district attorney to reopen his case after announcing that the people rested, for the purpose of introducing evidence to show that defendant was over eighteen years of age; 3. that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict.

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