Wills v. State

This appeal comes from a sentence to the state penitentiary, imposed by a jury in the Crawford circuit court wherein appellant, George Wills, was duly indicted for the crime of assault to rape. The most serious contention urged upon us for reversal, and the only one necessary to decide, is that the testimony adduced by the State is wholly insufficient to sustain a conviction for the crime charged. The testimony adduced by the State, as abstracted by the ■ attorney-general, is as follows:

“Naomi Golden was fifteen years old. She lived at Mulberry. Appellant did not know her and she did not know…