State v. Griffin

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

Defendant was charged with rape of a twelve-year-old girl. He was convicted of attempted rape and appeals.

In his brief in this court he first argues that thére was no evidence in the entire record, direct or circumstantial, to show that he was guilty of statutory rape or attempted rape. The prosecuting witness testified that she worked for him in a beer parlor; that he came in one day at noon and induced her to go to a back room and lie down on a cot; that when she lay down he got on top of her and accomplished his purpose. She testified as…