Thomas and Carter v. State

The prosecuting attorney filed information in the circuit court of Crittenden county charging appellants with rape. They were tried and convicted and sentenced to death. They prosecute this appeal to reverse the judgment of the circuit court.

The evidence on the part of the state showed that F. E. Brading and Miss Wilson, the prosecutrix, on the night of December 25, 1937, crossed the Harahan Bridge and went down the road that goes to the Government fleet. They saw a car where persons were endeavoring to fix a tire, and Brading* parked Ms ear facing the Government fleet; that lie got out of Ms…