Simons v. State

MORRISON, Presiding1 Judge.

The offense is statutory rape; the punishment, 5 years.

Prosecutrix, a girl thirteen years of age who had been married and separated from her husband and who worked at a drive-in in Houston, testified that she first met the appellant at her place of employment during the month of August, 1957; that she had dates with him which culminated in acts of intercourse; and that finally he suggested to her that she move into the house occupied by him and his wife, quit her job, and engage in prostitution. She stated that, although the enterprise was new to her, she complied…