State v. Gilchrist
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Townsend, J., Edgefield, March term, 1898. Indictment against Moody Gilchrist. From Judgment on .conviction, defendant appeals. Crim. Code, 114, 115, 22 Stat., 223; 49 S. C., 317; 1 Bail., 144; 1 Rich., 179; 12 Ohio St., 466; 50 Ind., 267. 22 Stat., 223; 44 N. W. R., 541; 38 N. W. R., 440; 1 Black, 396; 1 Mo., 180; 126 Mass., 248; 4 Cush., 74; 10 Cush., 52; 47 N. W. R., 854; Crim. Code, 55, 56, 115; 1 Hill, 352; 20 S. W. R., 547; 22 N. E. R., 106.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
The appellant was convicted of an assault upon Mary Pearline Quarles, “a woman child under the age of fourteen years * * * with intent her, the said Mary Pearline Quarles, violently and against her will then and there, feloniously to ravish, carnally kno.w, and other wrongs to the said Mary Pearline Quarles then and there did.” " •
1 The presiding Judge charged the jury that “it makes no difference whether she consented or not, if you find she was under fourteen years of age,” and this is made the basis for the sole ground of appeal in…
2Cited by2 opinions
- State v. WardSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1944
- State v. RodmanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1910