Norwood v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is rape; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for nine years.

It was charged in the indictment, in substance, that appellant had carnal knowledge of Ruby Mae Davis, a female under the age of 18 years, she not being the wife of appellant. The testimony in support of the charge is substantially the same as that disclosed in the opinion on a former appeal. See Nor-wood v. State, 48 S. W. (2d) 276.

Appellant and prosecutrix were cousins. At the time of the alleged offense, prosecutrix was approximately 16 years of age, and appellant, 19. Prosecutrix…