Oglesby v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant, a negro soldier, was charged with rape upon the person of Miss Hudson, and, upon his conviction therefor, he was given the death penalty by the jury.

The facts show that on November 8, 1944, Miss Hudson, a young lady twenty-four years old, and an employee in the airfield hospital in Pecos, Texas, together with two companions, Miss James, twenty years old, and also an employee at such hospital, and a third young lady, attended a social function and dance at the Army Post Service Club, being requested to do so by the U.S.O. 1 These three young ladies left the dance at…