Davis v. State

Devine, Associate Justice.

Appellant was indicted, charged with having on the 14th of July, 1874, in Washington county, committed the crime of rape. The trial resulted in the following verdict: “We, the jury, find the defendant guilty as charged in the indictment, and assess the punishment to be death by hanging.” „

The case is before us on the grounds set forth in the motion for a new trial, and the exceptions taken during the trial to the form of the questions put to the principal witness for the State, and the alleged errors in the charge given and instructions asked by defendant and refused.