ELLISON, Presiding Judge.
The appellant, 26 years old, a Navy veteran of the last World War, was convicted by a jury in the circuit court of Ralls county of a forcible rape upon Mrs. George S. Koch, a married woman 35 years old, in violation of Sec. 4393, R.S.1939, Mo.R.S.A., and his punishment assessed at imprisonment in the State penitentiary for 40 years. On this appeal his "self employed" counsel [meaning, as we understand, counsel who voluntarily serve without...
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