Kearse v. State

PRENDERGAST, Judge.

— Appellant was convicted of rape of a girl under fifteen years of age and his penalty fixed at ten years in the penitentiary.

Appellant contends that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdict. The contention is based largely on the fact that the girl alleged to have been raped by appellant contradicted herself in her testimony, and was contradicted by the testimony of other witnesses and by some circumstances. There is hardly any contested case that comes to this court but what there are contradictions in the testimony and frequently a principal witness may…