Straw v. State

The appellant was convicted of assault and battery with intent to commit the crime of rape upon a female child under the age of sixteen years. From the judgment he appeals. The only questions discussed in Ms brief arise upon the action of the court in overruling his motion for a new trial.

He says the verdict of the jury is not sustained by sufficient evidence and, under this specification, he asks us to reverse the judgment on the weight of the evidence. The rule in cases of this kind is that only the evidence in support of the verdict of the jury can be considered, and if the evidence…