Wilson v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for assault with intent to rape; from Cobb superior court — Judge Morris. January 7, 1911.
1Opinion of the CourtHill, C. J.
John Wilson was convicted of an assault with intent to rape, and sentenced to a term of 20 years in the penitentiary. He assigns error on the judgment overruling his motion for a new trial. In addition to the general grounds, an amendment to the motion makes the following assignments of órror:
First. The State was allowed to prove that the female assaulted was pregnant at the time. This testimony was objected to, because irrelevant and wholly immaterial, and calculated to arouse the prejudice of the jury.
Second. The court allowed the State to show by one of the medical witnesses the effect-of…
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