Ortiz v. State

BEAUCHAMP. Judge.

The appeal is from a conviction for rape in which Epifanio L. Ortiz was assessed a sentence of seven years in the penitentiary and Pedro Ortiz was given five years.

Appellants were jointly indicted, along with Jose Marin, for the offense of rape, the victim being a Negro woman. Jose Marin was granted a severance and was not tried with these appellants. The evidence of the case is amply sufficient to sustain the jury’s verdict finding them guilty of rape by force.

The record brings to us two bills of exception which may be considered together under the same discussion. The…