Murley v. State

BAKER, Judge.

The appellant was convicted in the District Court of Grayson County for the offense of rape, and his punishment assessed at seven years in the penitentiary.

The record discloses that the appellant was convicted of, rape by force upon Johnnie Dalton, a girl under the age of consent. It was the contention of the state, and evidence was introduced to that effect, that the appellant was going under the assumed name of Dr. Harris, and pretending to be a chiropractor; that he had given the prosecuting witness, in the presence of her mother, two adjustments, or what he termed…