Caddell v. State

HENDERSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of an assault with intent to commit the crime of rape, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of two years.

On the trial appellant requested the court to charge the jury on the question of force, as follows: “In an assault to rape, to be guilty the accused must make an assault upon the woman; the assault must be accompanied by a specific intention to rape; with the specific intention to have carnal knowledge of the woman; to have carnal knowledge of the woman without her consent; to have carnal knowledge of the woman…