Richards v. State

The contentions of the plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the defendant, are that the defendant was not sufficiently identified, and that he was too intoxicated to commit the offense.

The little gi.rl upon whom the assault was committed, on *21a Sunday morning, about 11 o’clock, was sent by her mother to a neighboring store to purchase a pair of stockings. On her way to the store the defendant met the child and offered to buy her two ice cream cones if she would meet him at an appointed place on her return from the store. The child met the defendant, who was sitting on his porch. According to…