Gray v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for rape, punishment assessed being five years in the penitentiary.

Appellant’s main contention here is, and was in the court below, that the evidence is not sufficient to sustain a conviction for rape, claimed to have been accomplished by the use of force.

Prosecutrix was more than 18 years of age. She was a sister of appellant’s wife. Appellant was running a restaurant at Bryson in Jack County. Prosecutrix had been working for him about two months, and living in the home of appellant and her sister. In July, 1935, appellant’s wife went on a visit to her father and…