State v. Scott

Grady, J. —

The appellant, Jack Scott, was tried before a jury upon the charge that he carnally knew a female child of the age of fourteen years, she not then being his wife. A verdict of guilty was returned, and, from the judgment entered, this appeal has been taken.

In view of the questions raised by the appellant in his brief, it will not be necessary to set forth in this opinion a summary of the evidence relating to this unfortunate affair, and we shall refer to it only in so far as need be in order to discuss the questions presented.

By his assignments of error, the appellant complains that…