State v. Wright

Riley, Judge:

The defendant, V. L. Wright, was indicted, convicted and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a term of not less than five nor more than ten years, in the Criminal Court of Raleigh County, for the crime of incest upon his daughter, Iris Wright, fifteen, years of age. Application to the Circuit Court of Raleigh County for a writ of error and supersedeas was refused with the notation that the judgment of the criminal court was plainly right. To the judgment of the circuit court this writ of error is prosecuted.

Iris Wright testified that she was fifteen years old on…