State v. Bailey

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hadley, J.

— Appellant was tried for the crime of rape, and a verdict of guilty was returned by the jury. A motion for new trial was denied, and judgment rendered upon the verdict, imposing a sentence of twelve years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. Prom said judgment this appeal is prosecuted.

It is first assigned as error that the verdict is unsup ported by the testimony. It is urged that the testimony of the prosecuting witness is contradictory to the extent of being self-destructive. While her testimony may have seemed contradictory in some…