Baldwin v. State

RICE, Judge.

Appellant was tried under an indictment' which, omitting formal parts, charged him in the following language, to wit: “Ru-dolph Baldwin, whose true name is to the grand jury unknown otherwise than as stated, did carnally know, or abuse in the attempt to carnally know Ada Winslett, alias Billie Winslett, whose true name is to the grand jury unknown otherwise than as stated, a girl under the age of twelve.”

The verdict of the jury was: “We the jury find the defendant guilty as charged of carnal knowledge and fix his punishment at ten years in the penitentiary of the State of…