Walden v. State

HARWOOD, Judge.

This appellant was by a jury found guilty under an indictment charging him with carnally knowing, or abusing in the attempt to carnally know, a girl over 12 and under 16 years of age, an offense denounced '.by Section 399, Title 14, Code of Alabama 1940.

The prosecutrix was 12 years and 1 month of age. The appellant was her •uncle. She had lived in appellant’s home since the death of her mother in 1940. To •detail the evidence presented would serve no useful purpose. The appellant’s testimony constituted a complete denial of abuse •of the prosecutrix in any manner. Clearly •the…