Watkins v. State

The appellant was indicted and convicted in the cir- ' cuit court of Neshoba county on a charge of assault with intent to rape; the indictment, omitting the formal parts, reading as follows:

“Did unlawfully and designedly make an assault on the body of one Selma Poore, a female child under the age of twelve years, and did then and there lay hold of the body of the said Selma Poore, and did then and there place his private parts on and against the private parts of the said Selma Poore, with the unlawful and felonious intent, design and endeavor her, the said Selma Poore, unlawfully, knowingly…