State v. . Davidson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INdtctment for an assault with intent to commit rape, tried at' April Term, 1916, of RaNdolph, before Ferguson, J. The defendant pleaded not guilty. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of assault with intent to commit rape.
1Opinion of the CourtBeowN, J.
Tbe testimony of the* State tends to prove that the defendant committed the assault charged in the bill upon one Della Eich, a girl 13 years of age, and that he only desisted at the very last moment because an alarm was given and he feared detection.
The testimony of Della Eich tends to- prove that she resisted by crying and making an alarm. Her testimony is corroborated by that of another girl, who testifies that she heard cries of Della Eich in the bedroom and gave the alarm that Jack Davidson was coming, whereupon the defendant got up and fled. This testimony is denied out and out by the…
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