Allen v. State

Eulice Allen ivas indicted for the offense of rape upon Belle Gray; and the jury trying him returned a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to the mercy of the court, and with a minimum sentence of one year, and a maximum sentence of three years in the penitentiary, and the defendant was sentenced accordingly. He made a motion for a new trial, on various grounds, which was overruled, and he excepted.

Exception is taken to the following charge of the court: “ I charge you further, gentlemen, in this case you could not convict upon the uncorroborated testimony of the young lady alleged to…