Rice v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of rape and assessed a penalty of twenty-five years in the penitentiary.

The prosecutrix was a seven-year old girl whose parents were neighbors to appellant and his wife. There could be no contention that the evidence does not support the jury’s verdict and it will not be necessary to discuss the facts further than those referred to in the two bills of exception.

' At the time of his arrest some ten days after the offense was alleged to have been committed, appellant signed a written confession admitting his guilt and also that he was…