Jones v. State

Graves, Judge.

Appellant was indicated and tried for rape on his own child, Rosella Jones, a girl eleven years old, and was assessed a penalty of twenty years in the penitentiary.

This conviction was predicated upon the testimony of the little girl, and, of necessity, there was but slight, if any, corroboration thereof. The sordid details of her statement will be omitted, but suffice it to say they showed an offense shocking in detail, and amply sufficient to support such a verdict.

The defense offered by appellant was not guilty, and the reason for such testimony upon the part of his daughter…