Case Name: REEVES v. STATE
Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1924-06-23
Citations: 2 Ohio Law Abs. 550
Docket Number: No. 1201
Parties: REEVES v. STATE
Judges: 
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 2
Pages: 550–550

Head Matter:
No. 551
REEVES v. STATE
Ohio Appeals, 2nd Dist., Franklin County
No. 1201.
Decided June 23, 1924
144. BILL OF EXCEPTIONS — (1) Bill of exceptions must contain alleged misconduct of counsel to be reviewable.
1245. VERDICT — (2) Verdict held not manifestly against weight of evidence.
Attorneys — Daisy Perkins, for Reeves; John R Kmg and Paul C. Hicks, for State; both of Columbus.

Opinion:
BY THE COURT,
Epitomized Opinion
Published Only in Ohio Law Abstract
Reeves was indicted and convicted for raping his step-daughter. Anna Thompson, the prose-cutrix, testified against the accused and her testimony was corroborated by the fact that she screamed at the time, and made immediate complaint to her husband and neighbors. She also bore upon her head the marks of the assault, and a policeman testified that the defendant admitted that he had intercourse with the prosecutrix at the time charged. The testimony of the prosecutrix was weakened somewhat by the admission that the accused and she quarreled over certain money, and another witness corroborated the fact that the trouble was in part over the money. The conviction of the jury was sustained, whereupon defendant prosecuted error, claiming misconduct upon the part of the Prosecuting Attorney, and also claiming that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence. In sustaining the judgment of the lower court, the Court of Appeals held:
1. As the remarks of the Prosecuting Attorney were not brought into the bill of exeep-tions under the certificate of the trial judge, but are found only in affidavits attached to the bill of exceptions, the question as to misconduct is not for the court (State v. Youngstown 77 OS. 529).
2. As the verdict was not manifestly against the weight of the evidence, the reviewing court cannot disturb or set aside the' same.