Bonds v. State

' Mr. Justice Chattin

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Plaintiff-in-error, a Negro, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was indicted, tried and convicted in Williamson County for the offense of “feloniously and maliciously, by written communication, did threaten to kill one Mary Short with intent to compel the said Mary Short to do an act against her will, to-wit: to meet him, the said John Henry Bonds, and participate with him in an unnatural sex act; against the peace and dignity of the-State.”

Defendant’s motion for a new trial was overruled and he has perfected an appeal to this…