State v. Hayes

Upon an information charging the plaintiff in error with the commission of the crime of rape, he was convicted, and sentenced to the State Penitentiary for a term of five years. To the information a demurrer was interposed upon the ground that the facts stated in the information were not sufficient to, and did not, constitute a public offense. The demurrer was overruled, and a trial had, resulting in the following verdict: “We, the jury in the above entitled action, *130find the defendant guilty in the manner and form charged in the information. ” A motion for the arrest of judgment was made,…