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State v. Joy

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. Sagadahoc County
May 15, 1931
155 A. 34 (Me. 1931)

Opinion

Decided May 15, 1931.


The respondent was convicted of unlawfully and carnally knowing and abusing a female child of the age of five years, contrary to R. S., Chap. 129, Sec. 16. His appeal, based on the insufficiency of the evidence adduced by the State, raises the question of whether, upon all the evidence, the jury were warranted in believing him guilty, beyond a reasonable doubt, of the offense charged in the indictment.

The respondent was not obliged to take the stand in his own defense. R. S., Chap. 146, Sec. 19. Electing to do so, however, his testimony as to the presence of the child with him in an unoccupied house, at the time laid in the indictment, supplied all necessary details of proof of his guilt otherwise lacking. A respondent can not complain that the evidence adduced by the prosecution is insufficient where he himself supplies the deficiency, Underhill's Crim. Ev. (Third Ed), 50; 16 Corpus Juris, 759. Upon all the evidence, there is no reasonable doubt of the respondent's guilt. Appeal dismissed. Judgment for the State. Ralph O. Dale, County Attorney, for State. Edward W. Bridgham, for respondent.


Summaries of

State v. Joy

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. Sagadahoc County
May 15, 1931
155 A. 34 (Me. 1931)
Case details for

State v. Joy

Case Details

Full title:STATE vs. WINFIELD S. JOY

Court:Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. Sagadahoc County

Date published: May 15, 1931

Citations

155 A. 34 (Me. 1931)
155 A. 34

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