Sparks v. State

Plaintiff in error, Dob Sparks, was convicted of statutory rape, alleged to have been committed in Hughes county on or about August 27, 1923, by having sexual intercourse with one Orna Stringfellow, a female person over the age of 16 years and under the age of 18, and of previous chaste and virtuous character, and not his wife; and in accordance with the verdict of the jury he was sentenced to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of two years.

It is assigned as error that the verdict is not sustained by sufficient evidence; that the court misdirected the jury as to the law of the…