State v. . Bullins

The first assignments of error discussed in the appellant’s brief, five in number, are grouped and discussed together, and relate to his Honor’s reference in his charge to the offense against which the statute (G. S., 14-26) inveighs as “what we speak of as statutory rape,” “or what we call statutory rape,” “elements of statutory rape,” “guilty of statutory rape,” and “the charge of statutory rape.” While it is true his Honor used the term “statutory rape” in presenting to the jury the law governing the charge on the bill of indictment of having had unlawful and felonious carnal knowledge of…