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POLK v. STATE

No. 42513.

247 Miss. 734 (1963)

156 So.2d 592

POLK v. STATE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 7, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurel G. Weir, Philadelphia; Harold Davidson, A.M. Warwick, Joe Barnett, Carthage, for appellant.

G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

ETHRIDGE, J.

(Hn 1) Harry Polk, appellant, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Leake County of assault with intent to rape a twelve-year-old girl of previous chaste character. Miss. Code 1942, Rec., § 2361. The jury fixed his sentence at seven years in the state penitentiary. The evidence amply warranted the conviction. Testimony of the prosecutrix was supported by Polk's oral confession to the sheriff, and in substantial part by his own testimony...

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