Lawley v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is rape; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for five years.

The indictment embraced averments to the effect that appellant unlawfully had carnal knowledge of Lola Puryear, who was at the time of the act of intercourse under the age of 18 years and was not the wife of the appellant.

Appellant and prosecutrix were neighbors. Prosecutrix was a few months under the age of 15 years, and appellant approximately 19. According to the version of prosecutrix, she and appellant had two acts of sexual intercourse, she consenting. The first act occurred the latter…