Collins v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for rape, punishment being seventeen years in the penitentiary.

The offense is alleged to have been committed on an eleven year old girl, the daughtr of a woman with whom appellant appears to have been living, though not married to her.

No good can result from setting out the evidence in detail. It is sufficient to support the verdict.

In the motion for new trial appellant averred that the verdict was arrived at by the jury adding together the years each thought proper punishment and dividing the result by twelve. Attached to the motion was the affidavit of four of…