Harris v. State

Robert Harris was indicted for the offense of rape alleged to have been committed upon the person of Cora Lee Brown. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, with the recom*407mendation that the punishment be a minimum of ten years and a maximum sentence of ten years; and the accused was sentenced accordingly. The defendant made a motion for new trial, which was overruled, and he excepted.

(1, 2, 3). The first ground of the amendment to the motion for new trial assigns error on the refusal by the court of a request to give the following in charge to the jury: “ Where the physical presence of the…