Johnson v. State

Hall, Justice.

[Leonidas Johnson. was indicted for rape committed on Mrs. Martha Cook. The evidence for the state showed, in brief, as follows: Mrs. Cook was sitting in her house, located near the public road in Henry county, known as the Mc-Donough road, and had her baby in her lap. She felt something touch her, and looking up found a negro man standing beside her. She was frightened, and asked him what he was there for, and received an insulting reply as to what he intended to do. He put his hand in his pockety and said he would shoot her,, but added that he would rather choke her. He seized…