Carter v. State

Claude Carter was indicted and tried for the crime of having carnal intercourse with Della Godwin, an unmarried female, who was at the time of such intercourse under the age of eighteen years, which trial resulted in the conviction of the defendant and to his being sentenced to imprisonment in the State prison for the term of one year.

The first assignment of error is as follows: “The court erred in overruling defendant’s objection to the witness, Della Godwin, holding an infant child upon her lap during the giving of her testimony and while said witness was upon the witness-stand.”

We find…