Griffin v. State

' DAVIDSON, Judge.

Assault with intent to rape by force is the offense; the punishment; ten years in the penitentiary.

The State’s testimony shows:

About noon of Sunday, May 19, 1946, prosecutrix, seventeen years of age, was standing on a street in the city of Amarillo waiting for a bus to ride to town, where she worked as a telephone operator. Appellant, with whom she was not acquainted or whom she had never seen before, drove up in an automobile and inquired if she wanted to ride to town. She declined, saying that the bus would soon come by. Thereupon, appellant drew a pistol, pointed it at…