This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... a right to the water. The city acted as its own judge in this matter in cutting out the water, and if it has judged incorrectly, and the application of Mr. Ginnings is in good faith, for the purpose of utilizing the water for himself, an_d not as a makeshift to shield Barron, he is entitled to the water, and he is entitled to damages for the wrongful refused of the city to let him have it, and to have this question submitted to the jury for their determination. Reversed and remanded. 100 Mlss.--33 1. Cnmnmr. Law. Rape. Female under the age of consent. Previous chaste character. Evidence. ' While in a. prosecution for rape on a. female under the age of twelve years, evidence of previous unchaste character is ordinarily immaterial, in some cases such evidence may be very material. 2. SAME. Where in a prosecution for rape on a female under twelve years of age there was practically no corroborative testimony except that her hymen had been ruptured. A physician testified that he examined her on the day of the alleged crime, that her vaginal orifice was abnormally large and the hymen obliterated, that there was no indication of any intercourse with her that day, that she was not bruised, and that it would have been impossible for a man with a normal sized sexual organ to have had intercourse with her without bruising her. It was reversible error in the court to exclude testimony offered by the defendant that the girl had had sexual intercourse with men prior to the date of the commission of the alleged crime. APPEAL from the circuit court of Yazoo county. Hon. W. A. HENRY, Judge. _ Ed. Richardson was convicted of rape and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Holmes 02 Holmes, for appellant. The case should be...