Thompson v. State

Harvey Thompson, Charlie Arnold, and Mark Thompson were indicted and tried for the offense of rape; and a verdict was rendered finding the defendants guilty and fixing their punishment at not less than 15 nor more than 2-0 years in the penitentiary. A motion for a new trial was duly made by the defendants, and was overruled at the hearing. The plaintiffs in error excepted to that ruling.

In the first ground of the amendment to the motion for a new trial error is assigned upon the following charge of the court: “You are also the judges of the credibility of the witnesses; that is, the…