Mathis v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Mathis v. State, 63 Fla. 23 (Fla. 1912)
Cockrell, Hocker, Shackleford, Taylor, Whitfield

Mathis v. State

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam

— The plaintiff in error was convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for two years on a charge that he did “unlawfully and feloniously make an assault in and upon one P.--a female child under the age of ten years, with intent to carnally know and abuse the said female child,” the particulars being alleged. *24On writ of error it is contended that the evidence does not support the verdict. .

Unlike the case of Williams v. State, 20 Fla. 391, the evidence of guilt in this case is- cMrect and positive. The evidence is ample to sustain the verdict, and no errors of law appearing the judgment is affirmed.

Whitfield, C. J., and Taylor, Shackleford, Cockrell and Hocker, J. J., concur-. ........

Reference

Full Case Name
Starke Mathis, in Error v. State of Florida, in Error
Status
Published
Syllabus
In a prosecution for assaulting a female child under ten years of age with intent to carnally know and ab.use her, where the evidence of guilt is direct and positive, and is ample to sustain a conviction, the judgment will not be reversed on the ground that the evidence does not support the verdict.