State v. May

Citations

• 59 Wash. 414
• 109 P. 1026
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 1215

Syllabus

<p>Rape — Defenses—Evidence of Marriage Relation — Sufficiency. In a prosecution for the carnal abuse of a child, the fact that she was not married to the principal offender appears indirectly and is sufficiently shown to submit the issue to the jury, where she was under fourteen years of age, a mere school girl, living with her parents and bearing her maiden name, and the fact was not questioned at the trial.</p> <p>Rape — Corroboration of Prosecutrix. Upon a charge of accessory to carnal abuse of a child, letters and oral evidence of the defendant may constitute sufficient corroboration of the testimony of the prosecutrix.</p>