Lehman v. State

BELCHER, Judge.

The offense of statutory rape was alleged to have been committed on or about May 17, 1961; the punishment, 40 years.

The testimony shows that the appellant and his wife slept in the house and their four children slept in a house-trailer adjacent to the house. The prosecutrix and her two younger brothers slept in the same room, with her bed nearest to the house, and her older sister slept in a separate room in the trailer.

The prosecutrix, age 15 when the trial began July 28, 1961, testified that about 18 months before the trial the appellant first came to her bed in the trailer,…