Stovall v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of rape, and his punishment was assessed at death.

On the morning of the 16th day of August, 1948, while the prosecutrix was in the washhouse located at the rear of her residence washing the family linen, appellant appeared and asked for a drink of water. She directed him to a hydrant located in the front part of the yard. After he had obtained a drink, he left the premises; but in a short time returned to the washhouse where his intended victim was engaged in her work and with an open knife in his hand remarked, “Don’t scream, I am already…