State v. Harrison

Oxner, Justice.

Appellants, both Negroes, were tried on an indictment charging in separate counts (1) rape, (2) assault with intent to ravish, (3) carnal knowledge of a female under 16 (Section 16-80 of the 1952 Code), commonly referred to as statutory rape, and (4) assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. The jury found them guilty of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. Each was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of three years.

The testimony of the alleged victim, a Negro between the ages of 14 and 16 and in the tenth grade in school, was to the following…