Cassidy v. State

This is a prosecution commenced by affidavit against the appellant for rape upon a female child 10 years of age. The affidavit charged that the act was committed on the 4th day of July, 1927, in Fulton County, State of Indiana. The affidavit was sworn to on the 5th day of July, 1927, and was filed in the Fulton Circuit Court on the 6th day of July, 1927, and the following proceedings had before Rueben R. Carr, regular .judge of the Fulton Circuit Court.

The filing of the affidavit was approved by the judge on the 5th day of July, 1927, a bench warrant was ordered issued for the defendant,…