Milford chronicle., 1953-10-30
Pollard Is Convicted
Of Kent Co. Rape
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by the fact that, after she had been
attacked and Pollard had departed
from her home, the girl had left
the dwelling and gore to friends
and relatives.
The deputy attorney. general re-
ferred to testimony of Pollard
that after visiting the girls home
he returned after having gone first
back to Templeville, Md, short
distance west of Hartly, where he
had been visiting.
The attack on the girl was made
while she was pregnant and alone
in the house. Her baby was born
about six weeks later.
Pollard testified Tuesday NOM
ing that he had got lost IN his
search for the Hutchins' house,
stopped at the home of the girl
with the idea of getting his bear
ings, knocked at the door, and the
girl opened the door in a second
or two.
"I asked her if she knew Red
Hutchins," the defendant said. "She
told me she did not and l walked
in the house, went to an ashtray
to dump ashes from my cigarette,
and then sat down. 1 had been
drinking and l asked for a cup
of coffee but she said she did not
have any"
He then told of starting to leave
and of the relationship which took
PLACE between him and the girl,
but his version was to the effect
that she offered no resistance.
While he agreed with the context
of his statement to police in gen
eTal, he disputed two points. He
claimed that he had not told them,
81 started to go out the door but
grabbed her instead" And that the
police had not advised him of his
rights to obtain an attorney at the
time.
However, state rebuttal witnesses
refuted that part of Pollard's testi-
mOny.
Pollard insisted he did not force
the door open and denied he told
police he pushed her down"
POLAND said he was born OctO-
ber 9, 1915, and farmed and also
worked in EastOn as a mechanic
in recOnditOning connecting rods
He was married and living with his
wife at Denton at the time of the
alleged offense, he said.
He admitted that there WASH
any reason for his remaining at the
house after he learned the girl die
not know Hutchins, excepting tina
he was not sober, and further ad
mitted the girl had not invited hin
to sit down.
State Detective Burrill F. McCO,
testified earlier to the arrest o
Pollard at Templeville, Md,
distance west of Hartly, seVera
hours after the alleged rape an,
to the statement made by Pollard
which was admitted into eVidenc
over the objection of Mr.. Brown.
Mccoy said Pollard was advise
that anything he might say cOul
be used against him and that h
had the privilege of obtaining cOun
sci. In a conversation, the deteC
tive related, Pollard said he "did
and was sorry" and that he ha
been drinking excessively. In tn
statement, the defendant said h
was about to leave the home of tn
girl but grabbed her as she stOO
at the door.
Under cTOss-eXaminatiOn by MI
Brown, Mccoy said that Polar
cOntended the girl did not resist O
struggle. Pollard said in his state
ment that he had gone to schOC
only as far as the fourth grade.
The rebuttal witnesses who te.
titled for the state after Pollard
testimony were State Police Detet
tive Josh Bennett, Maryland Sta
Trooper Emil Myers, and the gil
Their testimony supported Dete
tive McCOy's testimony that Polar
had not been threatened by Il
police officers, that he was full
informed as to his rights, that
abusive language was used tOwal
him, that the girl did not willing
submit to the defendants advance
and that the defendant had nev,
suggested to the officers that 81
had willingly submitted.