Lee v. State

From a conviction of the statutory crime of rape, W. S. Lee, Jr., charged with that crime in and upon the person of Ethel May Caldwell, unmarried female of previous chaste character younger than himself, over twelve and under eighteen years, and sentenced to pay a fine of five hundred dollars and ninety days’ imprisonment, which was the minimum sentence by law for this crime, prosecutes this appeal.

Owing to the nature of the case, only such facts will be detailed as are necessary to a decision thereof.

Ethel May Caldwell of Ellisville, Miss., swore that she lived with her mother, and at a time…