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occ i, rdye c.f wui,Rape statute explained in case of FlynnHOLLYWOOD. (UP). Prosecutor Thomas Cochran Tuesday opened final argument in the statutory rape trial of Film Actor Errol Flynn by cautioning the jury that it should not be swayed by the character of the two teen-age ocpla inants nor the fact that they might have said yes” or no.” The gray haired Cochran, speaking in a high pitched nasal voice, opened several days of final arguments by explaining to the jury exactly what the rape statute meant.Law To Protect Minors.It is a lw which was designed to protect minor girls,” he said. Under it, they cannot give their consent to sexual acts. Any man who has such acts with them, under whatever circumstances, is guilty of statutory rape.”Cochran then began reviewing the charges presented by Flynn’s accusers.Peggy Satterlee, 16 year old dancing girl at a Hollywood hot spot, said Flynn attacked her twice aboard his yacht in 1941—when she was 15. Betty Hansen, 17 year old Lincoln girl who wanted to be a movie actress, charged him with undressing her in the bedroom of a Bel Air mansion and subjecting her to attack.3- — —.......
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Lincoln Evening State Journal
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Tue, Feb 02, 1943
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