State v. Horton

Mr. Associate Justice Fishburne

delivered the unanimous opinion of the Court.

The appeal brings up for review a verdict and judgment rendered in the circuit court in which Robert S. Horton was adjudged guilty of carnal knowledge of a woman child over the age of fourteen years and under the age of sixteen years. Upon conviction, his punishment was fixed at two years in the penitentiary.

The first assignment of error to be considered has to do with the form of the indictment. It is contended that the court erred in refusing to quash the indictment on the ground that two offenses were improperly…