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JONES v. STATE

292 S.W.2d 713 (1956)

Herbert A. JONES v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

July 20, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dietzen, Graham, Dietzen & Brock, Chattanooga, for plaintiff in error.

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

BURNETT, Justice.

Jones was indicted and charged with the offense of rape. He was convicted of an attempt to commit a felony and his punishment was fixed at not more than two years' confinement in the penitentiary. T.C.A. Sec. 39-603. After the hearing on motion for new trial, the trial court fixed his confinement to the workhouse rather than the penitentiary. He has seasonably perfected his appeal, briefs have been filed and able arguments heard. We now have the...

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