Dodd v. State

MORROW, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of rape and the death penalty assessed.

The subject of the rape was Miss Florence Orcutt. The indictment contained but one count and therein charged appellant with rape by force.

On the night of June 25, 1917, Miss Florence Orcutt was riding in a jitney driven by a man by the name of Savage. According to their testimony, they were on their way to the residence of a man living out of the City of Dallas, on a business mission, Miss Orcutt having employed Savage to make the trip. They claimed by mistake to have taken the wrong road, getting into a narrow lane,…