Street v. State

L. A. Smith, Sr., J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellant, a large and powerful negro, was indicted and convicted of the rape of a twelve year old white school girl in the suburbs of the City of Jackson, in the evening. He was sentenced to electrocution by the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, and appeals.

The unfortunate victim of appellant’s lust was bodily forced by him into a car he was driving. He carried her to a certain spot on a side, but not remote, road, where an attempt was made to ravish her. It was frustrated by her screams, which alarmed…