Douglas v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

— Appellant was convicted of the offense of an assault with intent to commit rape, and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of two years.

Appellant’s main contention is that the evidence is insufficient to justify and support his conviction. In order that we may properly dispose of the question presented, we deem it proper to state the salient facts proven upon the trial. Appellant, a negro approximately sixty years of age, was a fortune teller. On the occasion in question the prosecutrix and a girl friend went to appellant’s house for…