State v. Cummings

The defendant was charged by information with the crime of carnal knowledge of a. girl sixteen years of age, not his wife. The jury found him guilty of an attempt to commit the crime charged, and he has appealed from a judgment and sentence on the verdict.

The main contention on behalf of the appellant is that, according to the state’s proof, the case was one of an attempt at forcible rape and not an attempt to commit the crime of carnal knowledge under the statutes and as alleged in the information. The prosecuting witness testified that, on several prior occasions, while working for and with…