Cole v. State

RAMSEY, Judge.

Appellant, Grant Cole, prosecutes this appeal from .a verdict and judgment of conviction of the offense of rape upon one Rosa Ellison, had in the District Court of Liberty County, on March 3 of this year. The indictment was in the usual form, and in one and the same count charged rape to have been committed by force, threats and fraud. There was no evidence on the issue of fraud, but the case was submitted to the jury on the issues of force and of threats.

The facts show that prosecutrix, Rosa Ellison, wás a negro girl 17 years of age. She testified to the act of intercourse as…