SULLIVAN, Justice.
Respondent had been indicted and thereby accused of the crime of rape of a female of 19 years of age. R.S. c. 130, § 10. He was tried by jury and the verdict was guilty. He filed a motion for a new trial, asserting that the verdict was against the law, against the evidence and manifestly against the weight of the evidence. The motion was denied and he appeals such ruling.
R.S. c. 130, § 10 pertinently is as follows:
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