State v. Williams

Defendant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Shannon County of assault with intent to rape, and was sentenced on the verdict of the jury to confinement in the state penitentiary for two years and was granted an appeal.

The occurrences leading up to appellant’s arrest and conviction found a setting in and near the home of Homer Williams in Shannon County. Appellant is a cousin of Homer Williams, and all of the witnesses were related more or less closely to Homer Williams or his wife; the victim of appellant’s alleged assault.

It is unnecessary to enter into a recital in detail of the…