Rawls v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Hinds county. HoN. W. A. HeNey, Judge. Mannie Bawls was convicted of rape and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
- Appellant, a negro hoy sixteen years of age, was indicted and convicted for the rape of a colored girl about six or seven years of age. The record clearly shows that the child was outraged, and the only question in the rec.ord is the identity of the perpetrator of this atrocious crime.
We can find no errors of law in the record of which appellant can complain, and it remains, therefore, only *407to determine whether the evidence in the case warranted the jury in finding him guilty as charged. The little girl testified that appellant had had sexual intercourse with her three or four times, the…
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