Myers v. State

Irvine, C.

Myers was convicted of rape upon the body of a girl within the statutory age of consent, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for three years. The judgment must be reversed on account of errors in the admission of evidence.

The prosecutrix was, at the time of the alleged offense, somewhat more than seventeen years old. She was the adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richman, and dwelt with them on their farm in Seward county. The defendant, Myers, a youth of twenty, taught school in the neighborhood and boarded with the Richmans. The general nature of the testimony of the…