Stevens v. State

Ed. F. McFaddin, Associate Justice.

Appellant ivas tried and convicted of the rape (§ 41-3401 Ark. Stats.) of his eleven-year-old granddaughter, and sentenced to life imprisonment (§ 41-3403 Ark. Stats.). His motion for new trial contains seven assignments.

I. Sufficiency Of The Evidence. This embraces assignments 1 to 5 in the motion for new trial. The testimony is revolting'. Appellant, aged 67, lived in Chicago; but on two occasions he visited in the home of his daughter in Arkansas. On these visits the crimes were committed. The little girl testified that appellant commenced by putting his…