Borders v. State

The defendant, a negro, was convicted of the offense of assault with intent to rape. His motion for new trial was overruled, and he excepted. It appears from the evidence that on the occasion in question three white girls, Elsie Lois Short, age eleven, Mary Helen Simms, age eight, and Doris Ann Hooper, age nine, were visiting the home of Lavada Hunt, uncle of Elsie Lois Short, the girl alleged to have been assaulted. The three girls were dressed in bathing suits, and were playing in a branch which was located about one hundred and fifty yards from the house. The Short girl testified that they…