State v. Williams

Citations

• 85 Wash. 253
• 147 P. 865
• 1915 Wash. LEXIS 828

Syllabus

<p>Rape — Resistance—Sufficiency of Evidence. In a prosecution for assault with intent to rape, a verdict against defendant is sustained by evidence showing that the prosecuting witness fought defendant as much as she was able; that she was afflicted with heart trouble, which prevented further resistance; and that, within an hour after the assault, she complained to two persons, one of them a policeman.</p> <p>Rape — Relation of Person Assaulted — Sufficiency of Evidence. A finding by the jury that the prosecutrix in a prosecution for assault with intent to rape was not the wife of defendant was warranted, where the evidence showed that defendant had met her only a few times within a period of a few days preceding the assault, and that he did not know her name; and defendant testified he was a married man, and that his wife was in the courtroom during the trial, it being manifest that the person to whom he referred was not the prosecuting witness.</p>