State v. Taylor

An information was filed in the Circuit Court of Jasper County by which Wilkins Taylor (appellant) and Overton H. Gentry, Jr., were jointly charged with the crime of rape. A severance was granted, and Taylor's first trial resulted in a failure of the jury to agree upon a verdict. Upon a second trial, the jury found him guilty and assessed his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for twenty-five years. From the judgment and sentence based on the verdict, he has perfected this appeal.

The evidence in this case, in all essentials, is substantially the same as that in the companion case…