Rountree v. State

Defendant was indicted and convicted of having carnal knowledge of, or having abused in the attempt to have carnal knowledge, a girl under the age of 12 years.

The state’s case was based primarily upon the testimony of the alleged victim, corroborated by the testimony of her' grandmother, the defendant’s wife. The evidence for the defendant tended to show that, according to the evidence of the state as to the locus of the offense and the surroundings thereof, it would have been impracticable, if not impossible, for the defendant to have committed the crime as testified to by witnesses for the…