Brock v. State

Bert Brock was convicted before a jury of the crime of assault with intent to rape, and Ms punishment fixed at three years in the State Penitentiary. The case is here on appeal. ■ :

• The first assignment of error of appellant is that the evidence is not legally sufficient to support the verdict.

Bessie Dobbs was the prosecuting witness, and was eighteen years of age at the time she claimed that Bert Brock made the alleged assault upon her in Crawford County, Arkansas. According to her testimony, in November, 1923, she was carrying the mail from Bosedale to Evansville, in Crawford…