Bedsole v. State, 4 Div. 373
| Decision Date | 23 November 1937 |
| Docket Number | 4 Div. 373 |
| Citation | 28 Ala.App. 27,177 So. 308 |
| Parties | BEDSOLE v. STATE. |
| Court | Alabama Court of Appeals |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Houston County; D.C. Halstead, Judge.
Howard Bedsole was convicted of having carnal knowledge of a girl over 12 and under 16 years of age, and he appeals.
Affirmed.
J.N. Mullins, of Dothan, for appellant.
A.A. Carmichael, Atty. Gen., for the State.
When this case was called for trial in the circuit court, the defendant made a motion for continuance on the ground that two witnesses, duly summoned in his behalf, were not present. The motion was denied, and the defendant was placed upon trial.
Motions of this kind and character address themselves to the sound discretion of the court, and the appellate court will not interfere or review such rulings, unless it be made to appear that the trial judge grossly abused his discretion. No such abuse of discretion is made to appear in this record.
The evidence in this case, without dispute, discloses a carnal knowledge by the defendant with a girl under the age of 16. Under our statute (Code 1923, § 5411), the question of the girl's consent does not enter into the trial. And, while there is evidence from which the jury might have drawn a conclusion that the girl consented to the act, that fact would not excuse the defendant in this prosecution.
We have carefully examined this record, and find no error, and the judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed.
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