Alvarado v. State of Arizona

The appellant was convicted of the crime of statutory rape alleged to have been committed upon his wife’s sister, a girl of fourteen years of age. The testimony of the prosecutrix showed rape by violence with resistance. At the time of the alleged offense, the girl was living in the home of the appellant, hereinafter referred to as the defendant. This home consisted of a small, four-room dwelling in Winslow, Arizona. The prosecutrix testified that early one morning the defendant came to her bed where she was sleeping with two young daughters of defendant, aged eight and four years ,• that…