Willis v. State

OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

The appellant waived a jury trial, entered a plea of not guilty before the court to a charge of assault with intent to rape; the prosecutrix was alleged to be under eighteen years of age. On a finding of guilty, the court assessed punishment at ten years.

The appellant contends that there is insufficient evidence to support the court’s findings and the judgment entered by the court. The specific complaint is that “there was no showing of an assault and present intent to have intercourse with the prosecutrix.”

One who handles or takes hold of the person of a female…