Johnson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Verdict. Before Judge Underwood. Paulding Superior Court. February Term, 1879. Johnson was indicted for assault with intent to rape. The evidence showed that one Sarah Cole was awakened at night by having some one place his hand over her mouth; that she threw up her hand and felt the kinky hair of a negro ; that he grabbed her by the feet and pulled her to the door; that she screamed and he ran.
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Criminal law. Verdict. Before Judge Underwood. Paulding Superior Court. February Term, 1879. Johnson was indicted for assault with intent to rape. The evidence showed that one Sarah Cole was awakened at night by having some one place his hand over her mouth; that she threw up her hand and felt the kinky hair of a negro ; that he grabbed her by the feet and pulled her to the door; that she screamed and he ran. There was also some evidence in regard to tracks, and in regard to confessions of defendant as to his presence. The confessions, however, were evidently extorted, and there was nothing…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
The defendant was indicted for the offense of an “assault with intent to commit a rape,” and on his trial therefor was found guilty. A motion was made for a new trial on the grounds therein stated, which was overruled, and the defendant excepted.
Rape, as defined by the Code, is the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will. There is no evidence in the record that we can discover, either by the defendant’s confessions, or otherwise, that he attempted to have carnal knowledge of Sarah Cole, as alleged in the indictment; besides, it is very evident from the…
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