Case ID: la-ann_46/html/0547-02.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

No. 11,509.
    The State of Louisiana vs. Henry Jackson.
    In an indictment for rape the averment that the act was committed against the will and consent of the.female, is equivalent to the averment "without her consent.” Hence, under such indictment, testimony is admissible that she was under the consenting age, the testimony supporting the averment “without her consent.” Wh. O. L., Secs. 556, 558, 559; 1 Bishop, 1121,1122; 2 Bishop, 61.
    APPEAL from the Eleventh Judicial District Oourt, Parish of St. Landry. J.
    
    
      M. J. Cunningham, Attorney General, and E. B. DuBuisson, District Attorney, for the State.
    
      Jno. N. Ogden and W. W. Bailey Attorneys for Defendant and Appellant.
   The opinion of the court, affirming the judgment of the District Oourt, was delivered by Miller, J.