Dorsey v. State

The accused was convicted of an assualt with indent to rape, and made a motion for a new trial, based on the general grounds and newly discovered evidence. The motion having been overruled, he excepted. Taking the evidence in the record most strongly against the accused, it warranted'a finding of the following facts: Mrs. Vines, a white woman, was walking alone along a public road in the country, leading .from the home of her husband to that of her father-in-law, at a late hour in the afternoon. When she had reached a lonely point on the road, not within view of any dwelling, .the accused, .a…