Payne v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for rape, of a female under the age of consent, punishment being twenty-five years in the penitentiary.

Prosecutrix was not quite fifteen years of age at the time the offense was committed. No good purpose can be accomplished by setting out the evidence in detail. It is sufficient to say that it amply supports the verdict.

Appellant was arrested on the 4th day of January upon a warrant from the justice of the peace acting as magistrate. Examining trial was waived and in default of bail appellant was confined in jail. The next term of the District Court convened on…