Boyett v. State

From a conviction of the crime of assault with intent to rape this appeal is prosecuted. The only question presented is that of the sufficiency of the evidence to warrant the conviction of the crime charged. The evidence adduced by the State, briefly stated, is as follows:

The prosecuting witness, a young girl about fifteen years of age, was walking alone on a road leading from a place where she had been attending a singing school to her home. She was met by the defendant, a man about twenty-eight years old, to whom she spoke. After he had passed her, he returned in a short time, overtaking…