Jones v. State
Jones v. State
Opinion of the Court
The indictment against this appellant charged him with carnally knowing a girl under the age of twelve years.
At his arraignment he entered a plea of not guilty.
At his trial he was permitted to withdraw his plea of not guilty interposed upon arraignment, waive a jury trial, and enter a plea of guilty to “assault with intent to ravish, as charged in said indictment * * *n
Accordingly he was, by the court, adjudged “guilty of assault with intent to ravish, as charged in the indictment,” and sentenced to a term of five years in the-penitentiary. •
It follows therefore that the judgment entered cannot be supported when viewed in the light of the indictment charging this appellant with the offense of carnal knowledge.
Reversed and remanded.
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