McFarland v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of rape, the jury assessing the death penalty.

This is a companion case to that of Edwards v. State, 154 Texas Crim. Rep. 259, 226 S. W. 2d 865.

The facts are substantially the same, appellant being one of the three Negroes who, according to the evidence, ravished the girl on the occasion.

Appellant was identified as the Negro who struck the girl’s companion with a hammer, and as the first to ravish the girl. He also is shown to be the Negro who took the girl’s watch from her wrist and buried it near his home.

After his arrest appellant made a statement to…