Clinkscales v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Tillman county of the crime of assault with intent to commit rape, and his punishment fixed at a fine of $175. It is from this verdict of the jury that he appeals.

The record in this case recites a story of debauchery and wanton human misconduct almost unbelievable. The evidence of the prosecutrix is that she was married at the age of 12 years; that from the time she was 14 years of age her husband took her around the country and solicited men to have sexual intercourse with her as a means of procuring…