Lowe v. State

CHAPMAN, J.:

The appellant, R. L. Lowe, was convicted by a jury of Lee County, Florida, for the violation of Section 794.05, Fla. Stats. 1941 (F.S.A.). He was by the trial court sentenced to the State Prison, at hard labor, for a period of five years. Section 794.05 provides that any person who has unlawful carnal intercourse with any unmarried person, of previous chaste character, who at the time of such intercourse is under the age of 18 years, shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Prison for not more than ten years, or by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars.

It is shown by the…