Wilcoxson v. State

BAKER, Judge.

The appellant was convicted in the District Court of Baylor County for the offense of rape, and his punishment assessed at five years in the penitentiary.

The appellant was indicted in the District Court of Knox County on the 21st day of September, 1925, and the court thereafter, on his own motion, changed the venue of this case to Baylor County. The indictment charges that “on or about the 30th day of August, 1925, * * * Paddy Wilcoxson did then and there unlawfully have carnal knowledge of Odessa Thomas, a female who was then and there under the age of 18 years and who was not…