Golding v. State

The appellant was indicted in the circuit court of Lee county under chapter 171, Laws of 1914 (Hemingway’s Code, sections 1093-1095, inclusive), for the rape of Ltacy Duncan, a female over twelve, and under eighteen years of age. From that judgment he appeals.

Appellant assigns as error the giving of the following-instruction for the state:

‘ ‘ The. court instructs the jury that, if you believe from the evidence beyond a, reasonable doubt that the defendant, Jack Golding, had carnal knowledge of Miss Lucy Duncan, an unmarried female person, of previous chaste character, younger than himself,…