State v. Tomblin

KeNNA, Judge:

The plaintiff in error was convicted of an attempt to rape and, under Code, 61-11-8, and Code, 61-11-16, as amended, an indeterminate sentence was imposed upon him by the Circuit Court of Lincoln County, the alleged intended victim being a girl twelve years of age who lived with her parents on a branch of Fourteen Mile Creek in Lincoln County.

The petition assigns fourteen different grounds of error, but since there are only four of these assignments briefed, we will confitóte ourselves to their consideration.

The first assignment briefed is that the grand jury was empanelled on…