Jackson v. State

The appellant was tried by a jury, found guilty of the crime of first degree rape and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of not less than five • nor more than 21 years.

He assigns as error the overruling of his motion for a new trial, wherein the following reasons are alleged: (1) That the court erred in refusing to admit in evidence the testimony of a witness concerning a conversation had with the father of the prosecutrix regarding a money settlement with appellant; (2) that the verdict was the result of accident and surprise, etc., in that a witness who was subpoenaed failed to appear and…