State v. Neal

The appellant was indicted for the crime of assault with intent to commit rape, and was prosecuted in the district court. He was then under the age of 17 years, and was therefore not subject to indictment, or trial in the district court, for any crime except a capital crime or the crime of assault with intent to commit rápe. For any other crime a juvenile, under the age of 17 years, must be dealt with as a delinquent child, in the juvenile court. Const. 1921, art. 7, § 52. The district judge, charged the jury that they could render any one of the three verdicts, viz. (1) Guilty as charged;…