Smith v. State

0. S. Smith was convicted of rape upon the person of Roselle Smith. The jury recommended him to mercy, and fixed his sentence at service in the penitentiary from four to six years. He moved for a new trial upon the general grounds, and *423by amendment added other grounds. The motion was overruled, and to this judgment he excepted.

It is insisted by the defendant that the testimony of the female alleged to have been raped by the defendant was not corroborated, and that for this reason the verdict is without evidence to support it. This insistence is based upon the theory that there was no outcry…