Conoway v. State

Roy Conoway was convicted of the offense of rape, with a recommendation to mercy, and received a sentence of one to three years penal servitude. The evidence for the State was to the effect that the defendant, who was on the bank of a branch and ditch, jumped down into this gully where the complaining female had gone to break a tooth-brush from some bushes. He jerked her past a curve in the gulley, where he beat her over the head with his fists and put his hand over her mouth, telling her he would kill her if she hollered. Having thrown her down, he forcibly had connection with her, and ran a…