Lee v. State

Appellant-defendant was indicted for carnally knowing or abuse in attempt to carnally know a girl over the age of twelve and under the age of sixteen. The jury convicted and sentenced the appellant to ten years in the penitentiary. This appeal is from a judgment pursuant to the verdict. We omit the name of the offended young lady.

We also omit from this opinion many sordid details that are animalistic and devoid of finesse and romance. The climax of the res gestae in the bedroom manifests extreme crudity. Suffice it to say, the prosecutrix answered a newspaper advertisement for a baby sitter…