Supreme Court of Georgia, 1934

Rivers v. State

Rivers v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided November 17, 1934 · Gilbert
179 Ga. 782; 177 S.E. 564; 1934 Ga. LEXIS 403

Rivers v. State

Opinion of the Court

Gilbert, J.

1. On a trial for rape committed upon a female under the age of fourteen years, the verdict was supported by the evidence.

2. The testimony of the injured female was sufficiently supported, as required by the act of 1918 (Ga. L. 1918, p. 259).

3. Construing together the testimony of the injured female and that of the physician who examined her soon after the injury, the 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. 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.

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