Tucker v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted for rape by force upon Ethel Elledge. Conviction followed with punishment assessed at six years in the penitentiary.

The indictment was returned into the 78 District Court of Wichita County and transferred to the 89th District Court of the same County.. When the case was called for trial a plea to the jurisdiction was interposed, based upon the proposition that the case had been improperly transferred. E. W. Napier was Judge of the 78th District, and at the time of the transaction inquired about was a candidate for governor. He was preparing to make a…