Case Name: PEOPLE, Respondent, v. TENCH, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1901-03-26
Citations: 69 N.Y.S. 1141
Docket Number: 
Parties: PEOPLE, Respondent, v. TENCH, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 69
Pages: 1141–1142

Head Matter:
PEOPLE, Respondent, v. TENCH, Appellant.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department.
March 26, 1901.)
Pro ceedings by the people of the state of. New Yo.rk against William E. Tench.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Judgment and conviction affirmed. Held (1) that the crime of rape may be shown by circumstantial evidence, the same as any other fact; (2) that the facts arid' circumstances disclosed by the evidence in • this case fully justified the jury in rendering the verdict of guilty a's charged in the indictment; and \3) that none of the exceptions to the admission or exclusion of evidence, present such error as under the eireumsthnces of this case requires a reversal' of the judgment and convic•tion. All concur, except LAUGHLIN, J., who dissents, iipon the ground that under the authority of People v. Kennedy, 164 N. Y. 449, 58 N. E. 652,. the exceptions to the. reception of evidence as- to- the conversation between complainant'and'the-police officers present reversible error. "' • "•