Wofford v. State

LOVE, Special Judge.

Appellant was convicted upon a charge of rape, by having carnal knowledge of a female under the age of fifteen years, and his punishment was fixed at ten years confinement in the penitentiary.

The prosecutrix is one Dubby O’Connell, who on and prior to the 13tli day of March, 1909, as the facts show, lived with her mother in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. The evidence as to the age of prosecutrix is conflicting. The witness T. D. O’Connell testified that he was the father of prosecutrix, and had kept account of her age from year to year since her birth, and that she was just…