Taylor v. State

GARDNER, Chief Justice.

The appeal is from a judgment of conviction for rape with infliction of the death penalty. Defendant is of the colored race, a young man of about twenty years of age. The victim was a young white girl fourteen years of age.

Counsel appointed by the court for the defense has very diligently presented the questions raised in the record, both by oral argument and a full and complete brief.

As a foundation for the prosecution, of course, lies the proof of the corpus delicti, and it has been argued that the evidence was insufficient upon which to base the conclusion that the…