Hawkins v. State

The appellant, Joseph Hawkins, was convicted in the County Court of Adams County of an attempt to rape Mrs. Elizabeth Louise Jones, and sentenced to a term of nine years in the State penitentiary. From this judgment he appeals.

The appellant assigns and argues three main points for the reversal of this case: (1) That the court erred in overruling the demurrer to the indictment; (2) that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict and against the overwhelming weight of the evidence; and (3) that the court erred in refusing to admit in evidence the results of a lie detector test given…