Jenkins and Williams v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The indictment charged the offense of rape, and contained averments showing that appellant had been previously convicted of a like offense. The punishment was assessed at death.

Prosecutrix, Lillian Davis, was 12 years of age at the time of the' commission of the offense. On the 27th day of August, 1930, at 11 a. m., she was going to a store for the purpose of paying a bill for her mother. Appellant came up behind her and grabbed her by the arm, asking her if she wanted a job. She replied in the negative. Appellant said he was going to have a job, and if she made any outcry he…