Warford and Clift v. State

Appellants, Herbert Warford and Billy Clift, were indicted for the crime of rape, tried, and convicted of the lesser offense of carnal abnse. Each was adjudged to serve a sentence of one year in the State Penitentiary.

For reversal, appellants say:

“ (a) The evidence was insufficient to support a verdict of accessory to carnal abuse against Billy Clift and the jury should not have been instructed on this point.

“ (b) That the rights of the appellants were highly prejudiced by the court’s coercive bargaining with the jury for a verdict conditioned upon a suspension of sentence and then grossly…