Gribble v. State

Conviction is for aggravated assault, punishment assessed being a fine of $100 and confinement in the county jail for 12 months.

It was charged against appellant that he, acting together with one Dan Weaver, committed the offense of rape upon Florida Mitchell. Florida Mitchell was a negro woman about 22 years of age, and at the time of the alleged assault she and her husband were at the home of her father. Appellant and Dan Weaver were white men. The state’s evidence shows that they came to the house of prosecutrix’s father about daylight on the morning of the alleged assault. Both were to…