Hammett v. State

PRICE, Presiding Judge.

This appellant stands convicted of the offense denounced by Section 398, Title 14, Code of Alabama, 1940. His punishment was fixed at ten years in the penitentiary.

The evidence for the state tends to show that on June 9, 1966, the alleged victim, a nine year old girl, was sent by her mother to a grocery store a mile or so away on the highway in Pratt City. A witness who operated a Bush Oil Company service station on the highway, knew the defendant. He testified he saw him get off a city bus and walk down the highway. He was wearing green, uniform type, shirt and pants.

On…