Allison v. State

*201MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is rape; the punishment, death.

In view of our disposition of this appeal, a statement of facts will not be necessary other than to observe that the appellant was a member of the colored race and the injured party was a white woman.

Bill of Exception No. 16 relates to a portion of the argument of the district attorney, to-wit:

“I am not criticizing the defendant for bringing a witness of the same race. I just want to let you know for the purpose of the record they try to help their own race.”

The objection was that such argument was not supported by the record,…