Dowlen v. State

OPINION

GILLIAM, Judge.

The plaintiff in error and the defendant in error will hereinafter be referred to as they were in the lower court, that is, as the defendant and the State respectively.

The defendant, William Henry Dowlen, was indicted on March 29, 1967, by the Grand Jury of Robertson County for the offense of committing assault and battery upon the body of Joyce Sherrod, a female more than twelve years of age, with the intent to have unlawful carnal knowledge.

The defendant was arraigned in the Circuit Court of Robertson County on April 3, 1967; being indigent, the Honorable Thomas E.…