Fisher v. State

This is an appeal on the technical record from- a conviction for a crime against nature. Code, Section 11184. There appears to be no error in the technical record. Upon an examination of the record we fonnd that the plaintiff in error had no counsel and it was thus that the court appointed Mr. Roy Stansberry to represent him. The only insistence made is that the offense as described in the indictment is not within the contemplation of the Statute which is:

“Crimes against nature. — .Crimes against nature, either with mankind or any beast, are punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary not…