Bowden v. State

BUFORD, C. J.:

On indictment charging rape, accused was convicted of assault with intent to commit rape. From judgment of conviction, appeal has been perfected to this Court.

The facts as disclosed by the record can arouse no sympathy on behalf of the appellant. We are convinced by the record and, in fact, by the testimony of the appellant that he ravished and had carnal knowledge of a child of the age of thirteen years.

The record indicates, though it was alleged in the indictment, that the victim was an unmarried female of previous chaste character.

The verdict of the jury, in effect acquitting…