Thomas v. State

The information in this case, in substance, charged that in Carter county on or about the 15th day of December, 1938, the defendant, Logan Thomas, against the will and without the consent of Dorothy Thomas, a female person, and not the wife of said defendant, by means of force overcoming her resistance, did rape, ravish and carnally know her, the said Dorothy Thomas.

Upon the trial the jury returned a verdict of rape in the first degree as charged in the information and left the punishment to be assessed by the court.

Motions for new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled June 12, 1939,…