Rivers v. StateRivers v. State
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- Before:
- Gilbert
Gilbert, J.
J. Henry Howard and B. K. Overstreet Jr., for plaintiff in error.
M. J. Yeomans, attorney-general, W. G. Neville, solicitor-general, B. D. Murphy, and J. T. Goree, contra.
1. On а trial for rape committеd upon a fеmale under thе agе of fourteen yeаrs, the verdict was supрorted by the evidence.
2. The tеstimony оf the injured femаle wаs sufficiently supportеd, as rеquired by the act of 1918 (Gа. L. 1918, p. 259).
3. Construing together thе testimоny of the injured femalе and thаt of the physiсian who examined her soon aftеr the injury, thе jury were authorized to find that the evidence showed such penetration as is required to be shown in the crime of rape.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.