Day v. State

This appeal is from a judgment rendered upon the verdict of a jury finding the defendant Orby Day guilty of rape in the second degree, and assessing his punishment at one year in the penitentiary.

It is argued by the plaintiff in error, at some length, that the essential elements of the offense charged in the information are proven only by the testimony of the prose-cutrix, and that the same is not convincing, and the case should be reversed for insufficiency of evidence. We have examined carefully the evidence, and, while it is true that the essential elements of the crime are testified to…