State v. Dawson
State v. Dawson
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
The jury found a verdict of guilty with recommendation to mercy against the defendant on an indictment charging the commission of a rape on his own daughter, a child just over the age of fourteen. No argument has been submitted1 in support of the exceptions for the reason1, we suppose, that none could be adduced.
It is the judgment of this Court that the judgment of 'the Circuit Court be affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- State v. Dawson.
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- 10 cases
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- Syllabus
- 1. Rape- — Parent and Child. — To convict a father of rape on his daughter it is only necessary to show he used his parental authority to coerce her into submission. . 2. Appeal — Husband and Wipe. — Where objection to wife’s testifying against the husband is waived at the trial there is no ground for exception on appeal. 3. Rape — Evidence.—It is competent for the mother to testify that her daughter complained to her that she had been raped and to state of what she complained.