Qualls v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The appellant was tried and convicted of the offense of rape and his punishment assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of five years.

The testimony adduced by the State showed that prosecutrix, who was a few months over the age of seventeen years, in pursuance of previous agreement with appellant, met him at 11:30 at night in her father’s field where she voluntarily en*608gaged in an act of intercourse with him. Appellant testified in his own behalf, denying that he met prosecutrix at night in the field and denying having had sexual intercourse with her.

One of…