DAVIDSON, Judge.
This is a conviction for the offense of statutory rape—that is, carnal knowledge, with or without consent, of a female under the age of eighteen years and not the wife of the accused. The punishment assessed is five years in the penitentiary.
We go direct to a discussion of the question decisive of this appeal.
Prosecutrix, sixteen years of age, testified to facts showing a case of rape by force on the part of appellant. She...
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