Walker v. State

Eeid, Chief Justice.

The State charged that the offense of rape was committed on the person of Miss Maud Hudson, a white woman, in Jones County, on December 21, 1941, by Eobert Walker. The record shows that on that date in the afternoon Miss Hudson, who was a cripple fifty-four years of age, was alone at the home of her sister, where she lived, when a negro, later identified by her as the defendant Walker, came to the house, overpowered her, and committed this offense. She fell into a state of unconsciousness. Some time later her relatives returned to the house and reported the occurrence to…