State v. Wilson

The defendant was charged by information with the crime of rape, alleged to have been committed on or about tbe eleventh day of November, 1925, upon the person of a girl of the age of eight years. The trial resulted in a verdict of guilty, followed by judgment and sentence to a term of not less than five nor more than ten years in the penitentiary; whereupon defendant moved the court to grant him a new trial, which motion was overruled. Appeal from the order and from the judgment followed.

The learned trial judge was eminently fair to defendant during the trial and exceedingly lenient in…