Ellis v. State

THOMAS, Justice.

The indictment was for rape. The verdict of the jury was “guilty as charged” and the punishment was fixed at twenty-five years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. There was notice of appeal and request for the execution of the sentence of the law to be suspended pending such appeal.

The bill of exceptions shows in detail the respective facts attending the parties from the time Miss Phillips, the prosecutrix, entered the automobile of defendant and his companion Kabase, to the time of the rape. It would serve no good purpose to extend these details in the opinion. The testimony…