Clardy v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted of the offense of rape on a girl under fifteen years of age, and his punishment assessed at five years confinement in the penitentiary.

The evidence would show that Ada Beavers was under fifteen years of age, there being no evidence to the contrary, and she testified that appellant had intercourse with her on the last Saturday in June, 1911.

1. Appellant was indicted, and the bill returned into court on the 24th day of October, 1911, and on that day the case was set for trial on October 30. When the ease was called for trial appellant…