Sewell v. State

Allen Sewell was charged with rape of his stepdaughter, a girl alleged to be less than 13 years of age. He was convicted of a misdemeanor. His motion for new trial was overruled, and he excepted. The stepdaughter testified that the carnal knowledge was forcible and against her will. A deputy sheriff, who had the defendant in custody under the charge in question, and who was transferring him from the jail in Gainesville, Georgia, to the jail in the county where the alleged crime was committed, testified that the defendant told him that he had intercourse with his stepdaughter two or three…