People v. Snyder

Citations

• 75 Cal. 323
• 17 P. 208
• 1888 Cal. LEXIS 540

Syllabus

<p>Rape — Information—Force and Violence—Evidence of Fraud or Artifice. — Under an information for rape, which alleged that the defendant committed the offense “by force and violence,” and against the will of the prosecutrix, and did “ feloniously ravish ” her, evidence is admissible that the offense was committed by means of an intoxicating or narcotic substance, administered to her by the defendant.</p> <p>Id.—Evidence of Complaint by Prosecutrix.—In a prosecution for rape, evidence is admissible that the prosecutrix made complaint of the injury while it was recent.</p>