Baldwin v. State

This is an appeal from a conviction on a charge of violation of the age of consent. The punishment was fixed at three years in the State penitentiary. The plaintiff in error seasonably filed his motion for a new trial and has perfected his appeal.

In view of the disposition we must make of the case we will refrain from any comment on the evidence and the various assignments made except number five (5) which is to the effect that there was no verdict of the jury on which a judgment of conviction could be based.

This assignment is based on the following colloquy between the trial judge and the…