Griffin

Appellant was charged with the crime of statutory rape alleged to have been accomplished by him on February 9, 1931, on the person of LaVerne Boone, a female under the age of eighteen years and not his wife.

He was also charged with contributing to the delinquency of this minor, in that on November 12, 1930, he gave her intoxicating liquor and attempted to have intercourse with her, and that he had intercourse with her on November 18, 1930, and February 9, 1931.

The charges were tried together. The jury found appellant not guilty of rape and guilty of contribution. He filed an application for probation, which was granted.

Appellant urges that the verdicts are inconsistent, and that the acquittal of the charge of rape was inconsistent with the conviction of contributing to the delinquency of the minor. He complains of rulings of the trial court on objections to the introduction of evidence, and implies that the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict and judgment.

The contention that the verdicts are inconsistent is without merit. Were there no other reason for this conclusion, it would be sufficient to point out that the rape was alleged to have occurred on February 9,…