State v. Adkins

Hatcher, Judge:

In this case the defendant was found guilty by the jury of a charge of statutory rape, with a recommendation for mercy. He was given the minimum sentence under section 15, chapter 144, Code. There is no material conflict in the evidence except as to the actual commission of the offense. The time charged is July, 1927. At that time the age of the prosecuting witness, Juanita Gay Shirley, was thirteen years and seven months, and that of the defendant twenty-five years. Both resided in Bluefield, and were unmarried. Near midnight July 11th, the accused took Juanita for an…