Jones v. State

Fletcher Jones was convicted of rape; and upon his motion for a new trial being overruled, he excepted. In the motion for a new trial complaint is made of the .following parts of the judge’s charge to the jury, viz.: “Between the ages of ten and fourteen, it would depend entirely upon her physical and mental development. To illustrate: cohabitation with a female under the age of ten years would be rape. She could not give her consent to the act of cohabitation; between the ages of ten and fourteen she can consent, if she is capable of consenting; if her mental and physical development is such…