Cook v. State

MORROW, Judge.

The conviction is for rape, and punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of eight years. The prosecutrix was a girl under 'fifteen years of age. Her testimony, together with some corroborating circumstances, supports the State’s case, and constitutes sufficient evidence to justify the conviction. No complaint is made of the charge of the court.

In Bills of Exceptions Nos. 1 and 2, complaint is made of the action of the court in permitting proof that at an examing trial the appellant was held under bail to await the action of the grand jury; that while…