State v. . Trippe

The defendant assigns error in the denial by the court below of his motion for judgment as of nonsuit, but an examination of the record leads to the conclusion that the Case was properly submitted to the jury.

The statute under which the defendant was indicted and convicted declares that “if any male person shall carnally know or abuse any female child, over twelve and under sixteen years of age, wbo bas never before bad sexual intercourse with any person, be shall be guilty of a felony. . . .” In this case all the essential elements of the crime charged were made to appear. S. v. Swindell,…