RUSHING v. STATE


268 S.W.2d 563 (1954)

RUSHING v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing denied May 21, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne Dewees and Ray W. Churchill, Memphis, Raymond T. Jarvis, Booneville, Miss., for plaintiff in error.

Knox Bigham, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


WELDON B. WHITE, Special Judge.

The plaintiff in error, James M. Rushing, has appealed from a conviction of "assault and battery with intent to commit rape", and his punishment was fixed at not more than ten years in the penitentiary. He had been indicted upon two counts, one charging violation of the age of consent, and the second count charging that the defendant did "unlawfully have carnal knowledge of Mary Elizabeth Lemley, a woman, forcibly and against her will...

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