Dawson v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is rape. The punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a period of five years.

At the very threshold of this case we are confronted with what at first appears to be a novel and somewhat complex question. However, when the question is properly analyzed, it unfolds itself and is readily understood and easily solved by the application of Art. 932a, C. C. P.

The record before us reflects that on the 12th day of July, 1946, the grand jury of Potter County returned an indictment against appellant in which he was charged with having, on the 3rd day of…