State v. Godwin

SADLER, Justice.

The defendant appeals from a sentence of life imprisonment imposed by the district court of Valencia County following conviction before a jury of having on July 10, 1945, unlawfully and carnally known and abused Nan Bost, a female child three years and one month old in violation of 1941 Comp., § 41-3902.

On the date'mentioned, at about 7:30 p. m., Nan Bost, three years and one month old fled screaming from the rear door of the apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Adams in Belen, New Mexico. She crossed a small court yard and went to the rear door of the apartment in which she…