State v. . Winder

Tbe defendant was convicted at tbe November Term, 1921, of tbe Superior Court of Pasquotank County, Horton, J., presiding, of tbe statutory crime of carnally knowing a female child (Hattie Puckett) under fourteen years of age, and from tbe j’udgment upon such •conviction, appealed to this Court.

Tbe statute upon which tbe prosecution was based is C. S., 4209, as follows: “If any person shall unlawfully carnally know or abuse any’ female child over twelve and under fourteen years old, who has never before bad sexual intercourse with any person, be shall be guilty of a felony, and shall be fined…