Bartlett v. State

MARTIN, Judge.

— Offense, assault to rape; penalty, five years in the penitentiary.

Appellant at the time of the alleged commission of the offense was a deputy United States marshal residing in the town of Wichita Falls and had an office in the. basement of the court house. He was at this time sixty-two years old. The prosecutrix was a child about seven years old, who testified in substance that appellant took her to his office in the daytime and there assaulted her. Her stepmother, Mrs. Williams, and others testified to a recent complaint made by prosecutrix. The appellant introduced the…