Temple v. State

Leo Temple, was indicted at the May term, 1912, of the criminal court of Shelby county, for an unlawful, violent, and felonious assault and battery on the person of Clara Queen, a female under the age of ten years, with the intent to carnally know and abuse her, and was convicted on September 20th following. Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were made and overruled by the trial court, and the plaintiff in error was sentenced to death by hanging.

An appeal was prayed and granted to this court sitting at Jackson, and fifteen days were allowed the plaintiff in error in which to…