Lilly v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of rape, and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a period of 5 years.

Appellant brings forward a number of complaints, the first of which seems to be that the evidence is insufficient to justfy and sustain his conviction.

*362The state’s testimony, briefly stated, shows that on the night of the 25th day of August, 1948, appellant carried the prosecutrix, a Negro girl thirteen years of age, out from the town of Longview to some timbered and brushy place and there had carnal knowledge of her. There is but one…