Pleasant D. Farrar v. United States

EDGERTON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, charged with rape, waived a jury trial and was convicted by a judge.

The complaining witness was an 18-year old girl to whom intercourse was not a new experience. Late at night appellant, a stranger to the girl, accosted her in a street, and they walked together two or three blocks to his room. They undressed and had intercourse. About 45 minutes later they had intercourse again. During the interval, he left the room and brought her a drink of water at her request and poured some whiskey. Finally she partly dressed, went to a bathroom, “turned both spigots…