Ramey

The defendant was convicted of the crime of incest, committed upon his daughter, a girl of sixteen years of age. He appeals from the judgment following the verdict and from the order denying a motion for new trial. On this appeal he suggests that the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict. Wc have examined the record with care and find that the testimony of the prosecutrix is clear, convincing, and without substantial conflict. In addition to this it is corroborated,by the testimony of her sister, a girl of fourteen years of age.

Objections are made to the ruling of the trial court in the admission of testimony during the course of the trial. One question which the appellant was not permitted to ask the prosecutrix on her cross-examination was purely argumentative, calling for her conclusion as to why the appellant had acted in a certain manner. Another question which the people were permitted to ask over the objection of appellant related to the question of the appellant’s sobriety at the time of the alleged offense. The answer was that he appeared to be sober. Neither, the question nor the answer could have prejudiced appellant’s defense. The objection to the other…