BOBBITT, Chief Justice.
The act of "carnally knowing and abusing any female child under the age of twelve years" is rape. G.S. § 14-21; State v. Monds, 130 N.C. 697, 41 S.E. 789; State v. Johnson, 226 N.C. 671, 40 S.E.2d 113. Neither force, State v. Johnson, 226 N.C. 266, 37 S.E.2d 678, nor intent, State v. Gibson, 221 N.C. 252, 20 S.E.2d 51, are elements of this offense.
"The terms `carnal knowledge' and `sexual intercourse' are synonymous. There is...
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