Rodrigues v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is rape; the punishment, 25 years.

The indictment alleged that appellant made an assault upon the prosecutrix who was under 18 years of age, and did ravish and have carnal knowledge of her, she not being his wife.

The prosecutrix testified that she did not consent to the act of intercourse, while appellant denied the act.

In his charge to the jury, a conviction was authorized upon a finding that appellant obtained carnal knowledge of the girl with or without her consent, she being under 18 shears of age and not being his wife.

The evidence established the age of the…