1. It was error not to have directed a verdict for the defendant on the trial of the indictment for an offence under G.L.c. 272, § 5, as amended through St. 1948, c. 137. The statute provides: "Whoever has unlawful sexual intercourse with a female who is feeble minded, an idiot or imbecile or insane, under circumstances which do not constitute rape, shall, if he had reasonable cause to believe that she...
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