John Spearman commits statutory rape with Marian Holmes
- Title of event
- John Spearman commits statutory rape with Marian Holmes
- Type of event
- Statutory Rape
- Address of event
- John Spearman commits statutory rape with Marian Holmes Happened Primarily at 408, W 150th St
- Report on event
- John Spearman commits statutory rape with Marian Holmes Main report referencing event Marian Holmes against John Spearman
- Start date / time
- November 3, 1935
- Start (general time of day)
- Unknown
- Description
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The defendant [Spearman, aged 23]
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The defendant [Spearman, aged 23] “did perpetrate an act of sexual intercourse with... Marian Holmes [aged 17]” in premises at 26 St. Nicholas Place. The deponent [Philip Holmes, father of Marian] caused his arrest after his daughter became pregnant by him, and he “refused... to “do the right thing” … by marrying her.”