Lewis v. State

226 S.W.2d 861 (1950)

LEWIS

v.

STATE.

No. 24571.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 18, 1950.

Rehearing Denied March 1, 1950.

C. C. Triplett, George West, Lyman, Pittman, Pogue & Schraub, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

John H. Miller, District Attorney, Sinton, R. E. Schneider, Jr., County Attorney, George West, George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was charged with rape upon one Margaret Mozelle Lewis, by force, threats and fraud, and upon his conviction, was assessed the penalty of death by the jury.

The testimony shows that this girl was the…