Shoemaker v. State

McCORD, Judge.

Appellant was tried and convicted in the District Court of Baylor County for the offense of rape on a girl under the age of fifteen years and his penalty assessed at five years in the penitentiary.

It seems that in the early part of the year 1909 appellant was indicted in the county of Crosby for the offense of rape upon Belle Evans, the venue changed to Dickens County and in Dickens County the appellant was brought to trial upon said indictment, which contained two counts, one charging him with rape by force, threats and fraud and the other rape on a girl under the age of…