Grace v. State

The grand jury of Winston County returned separate indictments against the appellants, Malcolm and Willodean Grace, charging that each of the appellants did carnally know, or abuse in the attempt to carnally know, a girl under the age of twelve years.

Each appellant entered a plea of not guilty and consented to a joint trial. A jury found each appellant guilty of carnal knowledge as charged in the indictment. The trial court duly sentenced the appellant, Malcolm Grace, to twenty years and the appellant, Willodean Grace, to fifteen years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

The appellants filed…