Fouts v. State

Albert Fouts, J. C. Fouts, Emmett Fouts, and Charlie Fouts were indicted for the offense of rape alleged to have been committed upon Miss Emerson Maddox. Albert Fouts was tried separately, and the other three defendants were tried together, *74the jury returning a verdict written upon the several indictments against the defendants named, finding them guilty, and recommending them to the mercy of the court. All of the defendants made motions for new trials, and these were overruled, and to the judgment overruling their respective motions they excepted. In each of these cases nearly all of the…