State v. Adams

Citations

• 41 Wash. 552
• 83 P. 1108
• 1906 Wash. LEXIS 1005

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law — Pleading—Rape—Information—Duplicity. Under Bal. Code, § 7062, defining rape as (1) the carnal knowledge hy force of a female over eighteen years of age, and (2) the carnal knowledge of a female child under the age of eighteen years, an information charging the offense hy carnally knowing, hy force, a female child under the age of eighteen years, states but one offense, since the act constitutes hut a single offense whether one or all of the means specified in the statute were employed in its commission.</p>