Curtis v. State

Plaintiff in error, referred to as the defendant, was charged in the indictment with having carnal knowledge of a girl under the age of twelve years, contrary to the statute, Shannon’s Code, section 6455. The indictment was found upon the accusation of the defendant’s daughter, Bertha Curtis, eleven years old at the time of the alleged act in the summer of 1930. A conviction of the defendant in October, 1931, was reversed on appeal to this court in an opinion filed July 23, 1932. 167 Tenn., 427, 70 S. W. (2d), 363. The cause of reversal was error of the trial court in admitting the testimony…