Ortiz v. State

PRENDERGAST, Judge.

— Appellant was convicted of rape and the death penalty assessed. We do not propose to give in detail the evidence, — simply an outline of it. On Sunday, February 18, 1912, Florencia Luis, with her husband, Martin Martinez, went over from. Hidalgo County, Texas, across the river into Mexico to the little town of Reynosa, where they made some purchases of little things, such as hosiery, peppers, tomatoes, etc., which she brought back with them in a paper bag. Her husband, when in Reynosa, had about $20 in money. He spent some $2 or $3 of this and carried the remainder…