State v. Biggs

Citations

• 57 Wash. 514
• 107 P. 374
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 787

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law — Trial—Election oe Dates — Sueeiciency. Upon a charge of rape committed between the first and the 26th days of a specified month, an election, upon demand of the defendant, to prove an offense committed between the 19th and 26th days is sufficiently specific.</p> <p>Rape — Evidence—Sueeiciency. The evidence is sufficient to sustain a conviction of rape committed between the 19th and 26th days of a certain month, where it appears that the prosecuting witness was under the age of consent; that between said dates she and the defendant registered at different hotels as man and wife under assumed names and occupied a single room over night; that the defendant was arrested while occupying a bed with her, and that a physical examination by a physician a few days after showed evidence of recent penetration.</p>