Acton v. State

Appellant was convicted on an affidavit filed in the White Circuit Court charging him with the crime of rape on a female child. The charging part of the affidavit is as follows: That appellant, on or about the 15th day of July, 1927, at and in the county of White, State of Indiana, did then and there unlawfully have carnal knowledge of one Helen Lucas, the said Helen Lucas, then and there being a female child under the age of 16 years, to wit: 14 years.

Appellant has appealed from the judgment of conviction. He assigns as error: . (1) That the court erred in overruling his motion for a new…