State v. Smith

Citations

• 19 Wash. 376
• 53 P. 338
• 1898 Wash. LEXIS 388

Syllabus

<p>INTENT TO RAPE — SUFFICIENCY OF INFORMATION.</p> <p>An information charging defendant with an assault with intent to commit rape, made “on the 20th day of October, 1897, and within three years next before the filing of this information,” by feloniously attempting to carnally know and abuse a female child under the age of eighteen years (the age of consent), is sufficient in its charges as to time and nature of the offense. (Gordon, J., dissents).</p>