State v. Tyson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Martin, 0. J.: At November term, 1895, the defendant was convicted of an attempt to ravish Henri*687etta Tyson, a female under the age of 18 years, and he was sentenced thereon to imprisonment at hard labor in the penitentiary for the term of five years. Complaint was lodged by the county attorney with the justice of the peace on October 3, 1895.- The time of the alleged commission of the offense was on or about November 5, 1893. The evidence offered by the state to prove the offense was that of J. A. Sadler and Nellie Sadler, his wife, who testified that…