Gent v. State

RAMSEY, Judge.

The appellant, "H. C. Gent, was prosecuted in the District Court of Kaufman County on a charge of rape on the person of one Kona Mason- and a conviction had wherein imprisonment in the penitentiary for a period of five years was assessed against him.

1. Appellant presents a number of grounds on which a reversal is sought. The evidence showed practically beyond dispute that the prosecutrix, Kona Mason, was at the time of the alleged intercourse, under the age of fifteen years. This intercourse was testified to by her positively and that same was by her consent and at a time and…