People v. Taylor

From a judgment of guilty of assault with intent to commit rape, after trial before a jury, defendant appeals.

The testimony introduced on behalf of the People disclosed that at about 10 p. m. one evening late in September, 1947, Norma Joyce Sweetwater and Arthur Mae Fulton, aged 13 and 11, respectively, returned from a show at Clearwater, to Norma’s home. They remained there until Norma’s parents came home at which time Norma obtained permission to spend the night with Arthur Mae. On the way to the Fulton home, the girls met Earl Bevill and Calvin Sistrunk, two boys 15 years of age who…