Liechty v. State

This prosecution was commenced by the State of Indiana, by filing an affidavit in the Adams Circuit Court, charging that the appellant, on June 7, 1925, in the county of Adams, State of Indiana, did then and there feloniously and unlawfully make an assault in and upon one Dorothy Kelsey, then and there being a female child under the age of 16 years, to wit, 14 years and nine months, and' did then and there feloniously and unlawfully ravish and carnally know her, the said Dorothy Kelsey. The appellant waived arraignment and pleaded not guilty, and the cause was submitted to a jury for trial.…