Holmes v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is rape; the punishment, death.

The prosecutrix, age 53, a widow and a grandmother, employed as clerk-typist, occupied a downstairs apartment with a lady of about the same age.

The prosecutrix was alone in the apartment, preparing to take a bath, when she heard a noise and then saw a hand flip off the light switch.

Prosecutrix managed to get the bathroom door closed and bolted and she then opened the bathroom window and began to scream for help.

The intruder then broke a wood panel of the door and entered the bathroom.

A detailed statement of the assault and rape of the…