State v. Lindsey

L. A. Smith, Sr., J.,

delivered, the opinion of the court.

Appellee was indicted by the grand jury of Bolivar County on the charge of attempted rape. Omitting the formal parts, the indictment charged that the defendant there, appellee here, “did then and there wilfully, unlawfully, feloniously, and forcibly design, endeavor and attempt to commit the crime of rape upon the person of Mrs. Marie Howell, a female, and did further such design, endeavor and attempt to commit said offense by stalking, chasing and running after the said Mrs. Marie Howell, to the extent of almost exhausting her, in a…