Taylor v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of an attempt to commit rape, and given two years in the penitentiary.

Omitting formal portions, the charging part of the indictment is as follows, to wit: That Gus Taylor * * * “did then and there unlawfully make an assault in and upon the person of one Pearl Neylond, a female under the age of 15 years, and not being the wife of him,, the said Gus Taylor, did then and there attempt to ravish and have carnal knowledge of the said Pearl Neylond, against the peace and dignity of the State.”

Motion to quash the indictment was overruled. It will be…