Ritchie v. State

— The appellant was charged by affidavit in one count with rape upon one Christine Dees, a female child Of the age of 9 years. The offense is alleged to have taken place on the 28th day of July, i960. The trial was by the court without a jury, and the defendant was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment.

The sole assignment of error is the overruling of a motion for a new trial, based upon the items that the finding of the court is contrary to law and is not sustained by sufficient evidence. The argument resolves itself into the contention that there is no substantial evidence of the…