Cromeans v. State

Appellant was convicted of an assault with intent to rape on a female under fifteen years of age, his punishment being assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.

Appellant's main insistence in this record is that the verdict is contrary to the law and unsupported by the evidence. The testimony shows that prosecutrix was fourteen years of age, and appellant sixteen years of age. They lived in the country below Barksdale, and had known each other for years, having gone to school together. Prosecutrix lived farther from town than appellant. Prosecutrix had gone to town on the morning…