Bell v. State

The defendant was convicted of assault with intent to rape. The woman assaulted testified that about 12 o’clock at night the defendant waked her up; that he was lying on the bed beside her; that “the first thing that attracted my attention was his arm around my neck and his hand under my clothes. I was asleep, and his putting his' arm around my neck and his hand under my clothes is what waked me up. I just had on a nightgown. He put his hand on my person under my clothes. . .. I waked my husband by calling him and telling him Son Bell was trying to rape me, and when he seen my husband was…