Wedmore v. State

Appellant was prosecuted in the St. Joseph Superior Court No. 2, on April 2, 1953, by affidavit attempting to charge him with the offense of rape. The affidavit omitting the caption, signature, approval and verification is as follows:

“Gladys Reed, being duly sworn upon her oath, says: That on or about the 29th day of March, 1958, at and in the County of St. Joseph, State of Indiana, one Jack Wedmore did on said 29th day of March, 1953, feloniously and unlawfully make an assault in and upon one Nancy Marie Reed, then and there being a female child under the age of sixteen (16) years, to-wit:…