Washington v. State

Appellant has appealed from a conviction for rape. He was indicted and tried for committing rape upon one Maggie Jones, a female under the age of fifteen years, and his trial resulted in a conviction with a penalty of six years in the penitentiary.

1. In the trial of the case the appellant presented to the court a bill of exceptions, which is set out in the record and to which is attached the affidavit of W.H. Hanson as to the same being correct. This bill of exceptions is substantially as follows: On the trial of the above cause while the witness Maggie Jones was upon the witness stand she…