State v. Bragg

The respondent was convicted in the Court below of unlawfully and carnally knowing and abusing a female child under fourteen years of age contrary to R. S., (1930), Chap. 129, Sec. 16 and his appeal and exceptions reserved are before this Court.

Appeal.

When the prosecutrix, a little girl of eight years, returned on the morning of June 17, 1943 from a visit to her grandparents she complained to her mother and father and others that she had been carnally abused on her way home, and medical examinations confirmed her story. At the trial, identifying the respondent with whom she was well…