Rodgers v. State

L. A. Smith, Sr., J.,

delivered the opinon of the court.

Appellant was indicted by the Grand Jury of Lee County on the charge of “forcibly ravishing (a) female of the age of twelve years and upward.” Section 2358, Code of 1942. He was convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for life. He filed a motion for a new trial, and among the grounds set forth therein were the refusal of a continuance because of an absent witness; the exclusion of certain evidence; and “that the verdict of the jury was contrary to the weight of evidence.” On appeal, appellant assigned these same matters, and…