West v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of an assault with intent to commit the crime of rape, and by the jury assessed a penalty of 99 years in prison from which he appeals.

The sufficiency of the testimony alone is challenged in this court, there being no bills of exception brought forward.

There were six counts in the indictment, the conviction being predicated on Count Five thereof, which reads as follows:

“and the grand JURORS aforesaid, upon their oaths as aforesaid, in and to said Court at said term thereof, do further present that Davis William West, hereinafter called the defendant, on or…