Henderson v. State

The plaintiff in error, Inzion Henderson, defendant below, was charged by information in the district court of Tulsa, county, Oklahoma, with the crime of rape in the first degree, allegedly committed on the night of September 16, 1948, on the outskirts of Tulsa. The information in substance alleged that the crime was committed upon the person of Mrs. Eleanor Nelson by means of force and fear, the defendant threatening to kill Mrs. Nelson and thus overcoming all resistance on the part of the said victim. He was tried by a jury, convicted, and his punishment fixed at death. Thereafter, judgment…