McDougal v. State

Dean, J.-

Isaac N. McDougal, aged 63, was charged with the crime of committing a rape upon the person of a female child under the age of statutory consent. The jury found him guilty of an assault with intent to commit the crime with which he was charged and he was sentenced to serve an indeterminate term of from two to fifteen years in the penitentiary. From a judgment on the verdict he prosecutes error.

Defendant denied his guilt and introduced witnesses tending to prove that he was a man of good reputation and of good repute for virtue and chastity. Matt Stewart is a county commissioner and…