Williamson v. State

PRENDERGAST, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of rape on a girl under fifteen years of age and his punishment assessed at twenty-five years in the penitentiary.

It would serve no useful purpose in this, or any other case to recite the evidence. It was amply sufficient to sustain the verdict, although appellant himself testified, positively denying any act of intercourse with the girl. This was all for the jury and the lower court and we can not disturb the verdict.

It is shown that after the trial began and four jurors had been accepted, being passed upon separately under a special…