West v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM MADISON. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison County. —Hon. N. E. Barham, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fentress
The plaintiff in error was convicted of having carnal knowledge of a female over twelve and under twenty years of age. His punishment was fixed at three years’ imprisonment in the county jail or workhouse.
The penalty for the offense is imprisonment in the State-penitentiary from three to ten years, Acts 1911, chapter 36; Thompson’s-Shannon’s Code, 6456.. The judgment of the trial court was, evidently, predicated upon chapter 107 of the Acts of 1915. Section 1 of that act provides that:
“In all cases where any person shall he convicted of a felony, and the jury, trying the case, shall he of the…
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