Gallagher

The defendant was tried and convicted upon an information charging the crime of rape alleged to have been committed upon the person of a girl of the age of thirteen years and was sentenced to serve one year in the county jail. Prom the judgment of conviction and the denial of his motion for a new trial the defendant appeals.

The first point made for reversal is that there was no testimony proving the corpus delicti of the offense alleged. A review of the testimony of the complaining witness reveals that she testified that she had sexual intercourse with the defendant at the time and place set forth in the information. This testimony completely answers the appellant’s contention.

The argument of the appellant likewise, that he was convicted upon the uncorroborated testimony of the complaining witness furnishes no ground for a reversal of the judgment. A review of the cases cited in 22 California Juris prudence, page 399, shows clearly that if the jury accepts the testimony of the complaining witness as true, nothing further is required to sustain a conviction. The cases cited are all one way and it is unnecessary to refer to any authorities other than those cited in California…