Lewis v. State

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction for the crime of assault with intent to commit rape. Appellant was charged with committing the assault on Mrs. Joe Howard. Appellant and the woman alleged to have 'been assaulted resided in the same neighborhood in a remote part of G-reene County. The woman and her husband lived together in a single-room log cabin. They had only been living there a very short time. Appellant lived about a quarter of a mile distant, and was one of the nearest neighbors, another family, named Bond, living about the same distance.

The crime is alleged to have been…