Morton v. State

—There was a conviction of an attempt to have carnal intercourse with an unmarried female of previous chaste character under the age of eighteen years. After verdict a motion in arrest was interposed under which it is argued that the information does not charge that the accused failed in the perpetration of the offense or was intercepted or prevented in the execution thereof.

The argument finds some support in the case of Viney Stevens v. State, 18 Fla. 903, but the information is fully supported by our decision in the much later case of Hogan v. State, 50 Fla. 86, 39 South. Rep. 464, 7 Ann.…