State v. Shtemme
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant was indicted by the grand jury of the crime of carnal knowledge of a female child, tried in the district court for Hennepin county before Jelley, J., who at the close of the testimony denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the prosecution, and a jury tvhich returned a verdict of guilty as charged in the indictment. ■ From an order denying his motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
Defendant was convicted of the crime of carnal knowledge of a girl 13 years of age, named Viva. This appeal is from the order denying him a new trial.
No more of the details of the trial will be stated than is necessary to pass upon the errors assigned here.
Several acts with Viva were testified to, but finally the state elected to rely for conviction upon the one committed in the afternoon of February 7, 1915, at the two rooms where defendant and his nephew lived. Several young girls had acquired the habit of visiting these rooms, generally in company. After the act in question was committed…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Proper v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1893
- State v. AmesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
- State v. SailorSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
- State v. SchuellerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1912
- State v. RobySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
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