Almon v. State

Omitting the formal part, the indictment against this appellant charged that “William Almon forcibly ravished Irma Moore, a girl.” The defendant demurred to the indictment upon the grounds: “Said indictment fails to allege that person ravished was a woman.”

It is here insisted that the demurrer should have been sustained as the indictment does not conform substantially with the form 88, Criminal Code, § 4556, and a girl without any age proven or alleged is not a woman. We construe this insistence to mean that the indictment is defective in the use of the word “girl,” instead of the word…