Fernandez v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is rape; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for seven years.

Prosecutrix, Andrea Silva, testified, in substance, as follows: About the 12th of September, 1935, appellant attacked her and had an act of sexual intercourse with her. She ran to the home of the sheriff to report the matter. No one was at home and she returned to the house where she worked and where appellant had assaulted her. Appellant again attacked her and had an act of sexual intercourse with her. At the *356time she was about 17 years of age. She had never had an act of sexual intercourse…