Melton v. State

Beck, Presiding Justice.

Eli Melton was convicted on an indictment charging him with the offense of rape upon the person of Miss Wiletta Carlisle on February 13, 1936. The jury did not recommend mercy. The defendant made a motion for a new trial on the general grounds, and on four special grounds. The motion was overruled, and the defendant excepted. The evidence for the State showed substantially the following facts: On February 13, 1936, Miss Carlisle and a young man to whom she was engaged to be married, named James F. Etheridge, were together in Etheridge’s car and rode out to the city…