Wesley v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is rape. The punishment assessed is death.

The record discloses that about 2:00 P. M. on the 23rd day of April, 1940, three young negroes appeared at the home of Sam D. Grogan during his absence and by force raped his wife. Mrs. Grogan testified that the three negroes appeared at her home and asked for a drink of water; that she directed them to the well; that after they had drunk they asked for something to eat. She- told them that she had nothing cooked. They then asked for work. She told them to go and see her husband and directed them to a tenant house where she…