Paul v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Independence .Circuit Court; R. B. Jeffery, Judge; 1. The instructions 1 and 2 requested by appellant state the law, and in view of the evidence one or both of them should have been given. If given, the jury would have understood what was meant by “forcibly and against her will,” and “with intent to commit rape” as used in the instruction No. 1 given by the court. 33 Atl. (Del.) 441; 47 la. 151; 73 la. 225; 35 Tex. 481; 8 So. (Ala.) 383; 14 So. (Ala.) 403; 16 So.
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Appeal from Independence .Circuit Court; R. B. Jeffery, Judge; 1. The instructions 1 and 2 requested by appellant state the law, and in view of the evidence one or both of them should have been given. If given, the jury would have understood what was meant by “forcibly and against her will,” and “with intent to commit rape” as used in the instruction No. 1 given by the court. 33 Atl. (Del.) 441; 47 la. 151; 73 la. 225; 35 Tex. 481; 8 So. (Ala.) 383; 14 So. (Ala.) 403; 16 So. (Ala.) 371; 14 Gray, 415; 74 Mo. 24; 36 N. E. 274; 9 Tex. App. 66; 27 N. W. 288; 11 Ark. 389; 77 Ark. -37; 32 Col. 397;…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
John Paul was indicted at the October term, 19x0, of the Independence Circuit Court of 'the crime of assault with intent to rape, the indictment in due form charging that he made an assault upon one Meldora Masner. He was convicted, and his punishment fixed at three years in the State penitentiary.
The prosecuting witness testified in substance that she was at her home near Batesville on the 4th of June, 1910; that her husband had been in town, had driven to the lot and called to her to come down and help get the goods he had brought from town. She went to the lot, and while there some one…
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