Hatcher v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is assault with intent to rape; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years.

Berta Nolan was the subject of the alleged assault. According to her testimony, she was the wife of Buffalo Nolan. Appellant lived about a quarter of a mile distant, and her nearest neighbor was about 200 yards. Appellant came to her house about four o’clock and had a conversation with her during which he said that her husband was intimate with his wife and suggested that he and the prosecutrix establish a like relation. She declined, and after some…