State v. Weber
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Christian Circuit Court. — Hon. Fred Stewart, Judge. (1) The court should have sustained the demurrer filed at the close of the State’s evidence and at the close of all the evidence.
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Appeal from Christian Circuit Court. — Hon. Fred Stewart, Judge. (1) The court should have sustained the demurrer filed at the close of the State’s evidence and at the close of all the evidence. State v. Dauhert, 42 Mo. 242; State v. Warner, 74 Mo. 83; State v. Bass, 251 Mo. 107. The evidence conclusively shows that when the injured party first had sexual intercourse with defendant, if at all, she was not of previous chaste character and not between the ages of fifteen and eighteen years. R. S. 1909, sec. 4472; State v. Arnold, 267 Mo. 33; State v. Ghent, 238 Mo. 429; State v. Henderson, 243…
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
Upon an information charging him with the crime of statutory rape upon an unmarried' female of previous chaste character between the ages of fifteen and eighteen years, defendant was tried in the circuit court of Christian County, found guilty, and *478his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary. Defendant duly appealed.
Evidence upon the part of the State tends to establish the following facts:
The prosecutrix, then living with her parents near Ozark, Missouri, began keeping company with the. defendant in November, 1915. The first act of sexual- in-intercourse occurred about February…
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