State v. Ballamah

OPINION OP THE COURT

PARKER, J.

The appellant was convicted of assault upon a female under the age of 10 years, with intent to rape her, and, from the sentence imposed upon him therefor, has perfected this appeal.

The indictment recited that it was returned by the grand jurors selected, impaneled, and sworn at the March term, 1920, and charged the crime as having been committed on August 25, 1920, some four months after the jury could have investigated it. The indictment was filed in open court, as it shows by endorsements upon it, on March 24, 1921, and the appellant contends that it is fatally…