State v. Bailey

The appellant was convicted of statutory rape upon Pearl Summers, a girl fifteen years old, in the Circuit Court-of Dent County on change of .venue from Shannon County, and his punishment assessed by the jury at imprisonment in the penitentiary for two years. He has filed no brief in this court. His motion for new trial in the circuit court complains: that the State’s evidence was insufficient to make a prima facie case; that the sheriff intruded upon the deliberations of the jury; that the Circuit Court of Dent County acquired no jurisdiction of the case because the proceedings by which the…