Gray v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

Appellant was indicted in Duval County for rape upon Rosa Garcia, a female under the age of 15 years. On June 12, 1900, the court changed the venue of his motion to Webb County, over appellant’s objection. On July 17, 1900, appellant, by his plea to the jurisdiction in the District Court of Webb County, contended the venue of the cause was changed without authority of law, which plea was overruled. And upon his trial he was convicted of rape, and his punishment assessed at twenty years confinement in the penitentiary.

An inspection of the records shows that á venire of sixty…