Strader v. State

' Defendant below was convicted of a felonious assault and battery upon a female under 12 years of age with intent to unlawfully carnally know her (T.C.A. sec. 39-606) and sentenced to 20 years in the penitentiary and rendered infamous.

He appealed in error and has assigned for errors, among others, that the evidence preponderates against the verdict and in favor of his innocence, and that the Trial Jndge arbitrarily refused to permit him to put on witnesses to his good character.

As we view the case, we need consider only the assignment complaining of the exclusion of the evidence as to…