Johnson v. State

Hawkins, Judge.

Conviction is for rape by force, punishment assessed at death.

Prosecutrix, the victim of the assault, was a white woman fifty-seven years old, a widow who lived alone on a small farm which she cultivated herself with some help from a married son- who lived on another farm nearby. Appellant was a negro youth seventeen and a half years old. He lived on an adjoining farm to that occupied by prosecutrix. He was well-known to her, having formerly done some work on her farm for a negro tenant or employe of prosecutrix. According to her testimony appellant assaulted and had carnal…