Clayton v. State

The indictment in this case contained only one count and charged the above designated appellants (defendants below) with the joint commission of the crime of rape. Said indictment is as follows: "The Grand Jury of said County charge that before the finding of this Indictment Fletcher Clayton and Curtis Daniel whose names to the Grand Jury are otherwise unknown than as stated, forcibly ravished, Alice Wright, a woman, against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama."

Upon arraignment, and before entering upon the trial the defendants separately, severally and jointly moved the court to…