Dawes v. State

On information filed in the district court of Cherokee county, August 3, 1924, charging that in said county, December 27, 1923, Lee Dawes had sexual intercourse with Montie Etheridge, a female, under the age of 16 years, and not the wife of said defendant, he was tried and convicted, the jury leaving the punishment to be assessed by the court. Motion for new trial was overruled by the court, and judgment rendered on the verdict, sentencing defendant to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of 14 years. The errors relied on to reverse the judgment will be taken up in the order…