Hightower v. State

PRENDERGAST, Judge.

On July 3, 1911, appellant was properly indicted for an assault with intent to commit rape upon a child under fifteen years of age, charged to have been committed on June 30, 1911. He was convicted and his penalty fixed at thirty years' in the penitentiary.

The indictment is regular and charges the offense properly and the appellant makes no objection thereto.

Under the questions raised and as the testimony is brief we will give the substance of the whole of it. By appellant’s mother, Jodies Boykin, the State proved that appellant was sixteen years old on December 8, 1910;…