Beezley v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for assault to rape, punishment seven years in the penitentiary.

The alleged injured female was unquestionably under eighteen years of age. There seems no controversy in the testimony over the fact that appellant, when discovered by witnesses, was prostrate upon the form of prosecutrix, whose clothes were up to her waist, and he was endeavoring at least to have intercourse with her. Proof of these facts would seem to measure up to the requirements laid down in Cromeans v. State, 59 Tex. Crim. Rep. 617; Schroeder v. State, 92 Tex. Crim Rep. 9, and Wilson v. State, 94…