Tremaine v. State

The appellant was indicted, tried, convicted, and sentenced to serve a term of three years in the state penitentiary for an alleged attempt to rape the prosecutrix, in that he “did then and there lay hold of the body of the said * * * , and did then and there lift and raise up the housecoat (or robe) worn by said * * * , with the felonious intent, design and endeavor, her, the said * * * , violently, knowingly, forcibly and against her will, feloniously to ravish and carnally know. ’ ’

On the occasion complained of, at about 2:30 in the afternoon, the appellant is alleged to have gone to a…