Bradley v. State

Appellant was convicted of the offense denounced in section 5411 of the Code of 1923, and sentenced to serve 10 years in the penitentiary.

The indictment charged that, "before the finding of this indictment," defendant, "being then and there a man over 16 years of age, did have carnal knowledge of Berta Mae Wilder, a girl, over 12, and under 16, years of age, or did abuse such girl in the attempt to have carnal knowledge of her, contrary to law, and against the peace and dignity of the state of Alabama." The indictment was demurred to on the principal ground, variously stated, that the…