State v. Rippy.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INdictmbNT against Ollie Rippy, heard by Judge W. A. Holce and a jury, at September Term, 1900, of Dubham Superior Court. Erom verdict of guilty and judgment thereon, the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtOlabK, J.
The prisoner*, indicted for rape, entered a plea of guilty upon the third count, for “unlawfully and carnally knowing and abusing” an innocent female between the ages of ten and fourteen years. The solicitor, with the sanction of the Court, accepted the plea, and the jury returned a verdict accordingly. This offense was created by chap. 295, Laws 1895, which provides that it “shall bq punished by fine or imprisonment in the State’s Prison, at t'he discretion of the Court.” The sentence is, “Ten years in the State’s Prison,” which is clearly within the terms of the punishment authorized. There…
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