Weaver v. State

HARWOOD Judge.

This appellant was indicted and tried for rape. A jury found him guilty of assault with intent to commit rape. The court fixed his punishment at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of twenty years.

The young lady who was the victim of appellant’s assault, who for convenience will hereafter be referred to as the prosecutrix, and the appellant had never known each other prior to the night of the assault. They were introduced by mutual friends of each, and joined two other couples apparently for an evening of dancing. The party set out in two automobiles, and after one…