Johnson v. State

JOHNSON, Judge.

Appellant was indicated by the Fall term of the Grand Jury of Baldwin County, Alabama, on the charge that he “did carnally know, or abuse in the attempt to carnally know Bessie James, a girl over the age of twelve years and under the age of sixteen years, against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama.” Upon a plea of not guilty, appellant was tried and found guilty as charged. His punishment was fixed at five years in the State penitentiary and it is from this judgment and sentence that this appeal is made.

The State’s first witness was Bessie James who testified that…