Conrad v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

The count in the indictment upon which the conviction rests charged that appellant by force and at night broke into and entered the private residence of Mary Shaheen with intent to commit the crime of rape by force upon the said Mary Shaheen. The punishment was assessed at fiften years in the penitentiary.

The state relied upon and introduced in evidence the written confession, from which we quote the following pertinent provisions:

“Then I got the idea of going by Mary Shaheen’s house on my way home. I thought maybe she had some money there and that I would take some of it. I…