Duckett v. State

PRENDERGAST, Judge.

— By proper indictment it was charged that appellant, on April 5, 1911, did unlawfully make an assault upon Lillie May Young, a female under fifteen years of age, she not being his wife, and attempt to ravish and have carnal knowledge of her. The appellant was convicted and given the lowest punishment — two years in the penitentiary.

In order that the questions raised and decided may be properly understood, we make a statement of the material evidence.

Lillie May Young, the alleged assaulted party, was a little girl just eight and a half years old. Appellant was a large boy…