Paulk v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge. —

Conviction of rape, punishment ninety-nine years in the penitentiary.

The facts show that appellant and one Pete Alexander took three young girls out in a car on the night in question, some distance from the city of Corsicana. According to the State’s theory, after attempted assaults upon the prosecutrix in this case she fled from the car and was pursued by appellant; she tripped and fell into a ditch upon the side of the road and was. overtaken and forcibly ravished by appellant, who later carried her a short distance away into a field where there were some persimmon…