The STATE v. Worthy

239 S.C. 449 (1962)

123 S.E.2d 835

THE STATE, Respondent,

v.

Benjamin Franklin WORTHY, Appellant.

17865

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

January 30, 1962.

Messrs. R.E. Browne, III, T. Louis Cox and Louis P. Howell, of Spartanburg, and Frank P. Cooke, of Gastonia, for Appellant.

Messrs. John H. Nolen, Solicitor, and J. Wright Nash, Assistant Solicitor, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

January 30, 1962.

MOSS, Justice.

Benjamin Franklin Worthy, the appellant herein, was indicted by the Grand Jury of Spartanburg County at the June 1960 term of the Court of General Sessions and charged with (1) rape, (2)…