Appellants, Clayton and Carutliers, negro men, aged 21 and 19 years, respectively,- were convicted of the crime of rape, committed on the person of Vergie Terry, a white woman aged 19, on the- night of December 21, 1934, near a cemetery in the suburbs of the city of Blytheville, Arkansas. They were sentenced to death in the electric chair. They were separately indicted, but tried jointly.
For a reversal of the judgment of conviction and sentence, a number of errors are assigned and argued, among which are the following :■
1. That the court erred in refusing to quash thé indictments against them on their motion because: (a) They were not signed by the prosecuting attorney himself or his deputy. It has never been the law in this State that the signature of the prosecuting attorney to an indictment is necessary to its validity. On the contrary, it has been continuously held that such signature is not necessary. Anderson v. State, 5 Ark. 444; Watkins v. State, 37 Ark. 370. An indictment is not demurrable because not signed by the prosecuting attorney, though it is customary and better practice for him to do so. Robinson v. State, 177 Ark. 534, 7 S. W. (2d) 5. (b) Because, as it is said, they were denied the privileges and immunities guaranteed them under the Constitution in that no'negroes were on the grand or petit jury, which was a discrimination against them on account of their race or color in violation of the “due process clause” of *1072the 14th Amendment. There is nothing in this record tending in any Avay to shoAA that there Avere no negroes on the grand jury that indicted them, or on the petit jury that tried them. No objection Avas made to either jury on this account, nor was such a ground alleged in the motion to quash the indictment, nor Avas any motion made to quash the trial panel on this or any other ground. It was not even mentioned as a ground in the motions for a now trial. This question is raised for the first time in the brief for appellants, without any record to support it. It cannot be considered. Even though raised in the motion for a neAV trial for the first time, such assignment comes too late. Hicks v. State, 143 Ark. 158, 220 S. W. 308.
2. That the court erred in refusing to change the venue on their petition. The statute (§ 3088, Crawford & Moses’ Digest) provides the requirements to effect a change of venue, among which are that the petition ‘‘be supported by the affidavits of two credible persons, who are qualified electors, actual residents of the county and not related to the defendant in any way.” The petition in this case Avas supported 'by the affidavit of only one person, and aauis properly overruled, no matter hoAV credible the affiant was, because not in compliance Avith the statute. Davis v. State, 170 Ark. 602, 280 S. W. 636; Adams v. State, 179 Ark. 1047, 20 S. W. (2d) 130; Cain v. State, 183 Ark. 606, 37 S. W. (2d) 708. The statements of counsel for appellants at the trial as to the reason Avhy he could not get another or Other affiants cannot supply the omission.
3. That the evidence is insufficient to support the verdicts and judgments against them. In considering this assignment, Ave must vieAV the eAddence in the light most favorable to the State, and if, Avhen so vieAved, there is any substantial evidence to support the Amrdict, avc must permit it to stand. It is earnestly insisted, both in the original 'brief and in the supplemental brief on behalf of the appellants, that the evidence of the alleged rape Avas incredible, and that the identification of the appellants Avas unsatisfactory. Incredible and unsatisfactory to Avhom? The jury is the judge of the credibility *1073of the witnesses and the weight to be given their testimony. These are questions for the jury and not for this court if, as above stated, there is substantial evidence to support the verdict. The prosecuting witness, Vergie Terry, testified very positively that - she was raped by both appellants on the night of December 21, 1934; that she and Wiley Bryant were sitting in a parked car near Sawyer’s graveyard, about a mile and one-half southeast of Blytheville; that they were parked on a road running north and south near the intersection of another road running east and west; that, while so parked and she and Bryant were sitting in the front, seat, two negroes passed going south, and in about ten minutes they came back with flashlights in their hands and -each with a pistol; that they ordered them to get out of the car and one of them fired a shot into the car and one of them struck Bryant over the head with a flashlight; that they forced Bryant to get down into a ditch and the smaller of the two held a gun on him and the other ordered her to get into the 'back seat of the car where he forced her. to submit to his fiendish passions; that the larger of them guarded Bryant while the smaller one forced her -again to submit to him. She identified appellants as being the two men who committed the rape. This evidence was fully corroborated in all respects by Wiley Bryant. She further testified that, while in the act of raping her, she saw the face of each, both by the light of the moon and by the light of a passing automobile. When appellants were first arrested, they were not suspected of this crime, but it was thought that they were the ones who had recently shot the sheriff. They were threatened with mob violence, and the officers removed them to Memphis and from thence to the penitentiary for safe-keeping. While in the penitentiary, Vergie Terry and Wiley Bryant were taken there by the officers to see whether they could identify these appellants as the parties who had committed the rape. They both testified that they recognized them immediately. They identified them again in the court room. Both Vergie Terry and Wiley Bryant testified that the negroes had two flashlights and that they wore handkerchiefs over their faces. Vergie Terry said that *1074they were white handkerchiefs and that one had a colored border. Appellant Caruthers ’ automobile was found parked out near where the sheriff was shot. In the car they found a forty-five caliber pistol hidden under the upholstering of the back scat. Two caps were found under the cowling- in the car and over a heater and two handkerchiefs were found in the pocket of the car, one of which had been folded in a three-cornered shape and twisted on each end as if it had been tied. Two flashlights were also found in the- car. These are circumstances for the consideration of the .jury which are not without weight. It was testified that the rapists wore caps on the night the crime was committed and had flashlights, pistols and handkerchiefs over their faces. This testimony tends to corroborate the identification of the appellants by the victims. Appellants denied that they were the ones that committed the crimes and attempted to prove an alibi. The jury refused to accept their testimony as true. We cannot say that there is no substantial evidence to support this verdict. On the contrary, it is quite substantial, and we must permit the verdict and judgment to stand.
4. That the court erred'in permitting- the prosecuting attorney to question the defendants on other unrelated crimes. We have examined this assignment very carefully and find it without merit. The rule in this State with reference to the cross-examination of the accused, touching his credibility, in relation to other crimes is stated in Kennedy v. Quinn, 166 Ark. 516, 266 S. W. 462, and recently quoted in Morrison v. State, ante p. 720, as follows:
“We have frequently and recently decided that a witness cannot be interrogated on his cross-examination for purpose of impeachment concerning- indictments or mere accusations of crime. He may be asked if he was guilty or was convicted, but he cannot be asked if he was indicted or accused.” An examination of the questions asked, by the prosecuting attorney on cross-examination of appellants related to their guilt, or whether convicted of other crimes. They were not asked about indictments for other crimes or mere accusations of such crimes. For *1075instance, Bubbles Clayton was asked these questions: “Part of your occupation has been stealing, hasn’t it?” “You hi-jacked .Mr. Prank and Miss Hutchins on November 18 and shot her, didn’t youf” Similar questions were asked appellant Caruthers.: These were questions relating to actual guilt or guilty knowledge and'not to indictments or mere accusations. This was proper cross-examination under the rule announced and we so hold it here. These are all of the assignments which we deem of sufficient importance to. justify a discussion thereof. We have carefully examined all of the assignments of error, and find them without substantial merit.
It follows that the judgments must be affirmed, and it is so ordered.