A husband cannot commit rape by having carnal knowledge of his wife forcibly and against her will,175 but if he in any manner aids and abets another man to ravish her he will be guilty of that offense.176

So a female from the nature of the crime cannot alone commit rape, but she may commit this offense by aiding and abetting a male person.177

If a man is impotent or physically incapable of having sexual intercourse he cannot be convicted of the crime of rape,178 only by aiding and abetting another to commit it.179

172 Heilman vs. Com., 84 Ky., 457;

Underbill's Cr. Ev., Sec. 408;

Gordon vs. State, 93 Ga., 531. 173 23 Am. & Eng. Ency. Law, 848

(2nd Ed.). 174 State vs. Phelps, 22 Wash., 181;

Hughes Cr. Law, Sec. 297;

23 Am. & Eng. Ency. Law, 850

(2nd Ed.). 175 State vs. Evans, 138 Mo., 116;

State vs. Haines, 51 La., 730.

176 People vs. Chapman, 62 Mich., 280; State vs. Haines, 51 La., 731.

177 Reg. vs. Ram, 17 Cox. C. C, 609;

State vs. Williams, 22 Utah, 248; Kessler vs. Com., 12 Bush. (Ky.), 18.

178 23 Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law, 843 (2nd Ed.).

179 23 Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law, 849 (2nd Ed.).