Case Name: STATE v. Q. A. McWHIRTER
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1927-04-20
Citations: 193 N.C. 845
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE v. Q. A. McWHIRTER.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 193
Pages: 845–846

Head Matter:
STATE v. Q. A. McWHIRTER.
(Filed 20 April, 1927.)
Criminal action, tried before Oglesby, J., at December Term, 1926, ' of Forsyth.
Tbe defendant was tried upon a bill of indictment charging him with assault with intent to commit rape. Tbe jury found tbe defendant guilty of assault on a female by a male person over tbe age of eighteen years.
From judgment of the court sentencing him to work upon the-public roads for a term of two years, the defendant appealed.
Attorney-General Brummitt and Assistant Attorney-General Nash for the Slate.
W. M. Porter and J. D. McCall for defendant.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The defendant asserts that the jury rendered a verdict that he was not guilty of assault with intent to commit rape, as charged in the hill of indictment, "but guilty of simple assault on a female," and therefore no punishment could be imposed in excess of imprisonment for thirty days, or a fine of fifty dollars. However, the record discloses that the verdict rendered was "guilty of assault on a female by a male person over the age of eighteen years." On appeal the record imports verity, and we are not permitted to consider any matter not appearing therein. A close scrutiny of the record fails to disclose any error of law, and therefore the judgment must stand.
No error.