Norman v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is statutory rape; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for twenty years.

The statute, as it relates to the present prosecution, defines the offense thus: “Rape is the carnal knowledge of a female under the age of eighteen years other than the wife of the person, with or without her consent, and with or without the use of force, threats, or frauds. Provided, that if the woman if fifteen years or over, the defendant may show in consent cases, she was not of previous chaste character as a defense.” (Acts of the Thirty-fifth Legislature, Fourth…