Phillips v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

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

Winnie Fred Wilcox, the alleged injured party, testified, in substance, as follows: She was approximately 16 years of age at the time of the alleged offense. On the 3rd of August, 1938, Doris DeWall, Betty Lilley, Vernon Kulbeth, Fred Redding and appellant came to a point near her home in two Ford automobiles. She had not previously known Kulbeth, Redding or appellant, but was well acquainted with Doris DeWall. She had seen Betty Lilley around the school she attended but had never spoken to her.…