COIL, Commissioner.
Charles Arrington was convicted of rape by forcibly ravishing a woman over the age of sixteen. See Section 559.260, RSMo. 1959 and V.A.M.S. The jury fixed his punishment at forty years in the state penitentiary. He appealed but has filed no brief. We shall examine the assignments of error in his motion for new trial.
There is no contention that the evidence was not sufficient to make a submissible case. Consequently, a brief statement of...
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