Bodkins v. State

ON BEHEABING.

January 6, 1915.

HABPEB, Judge.

—This case was dismissed on account of insufficient recognizance, but appellant has filed a sufficient recognizance and the case is now reinstated.

Appellant was convicted of adultery and his punishment assessed at a fine of one thousand dollars—the maximum punishment authorized by law.

The prosecuting witness is named Annie Lee Heather. Appellant married her aunt, and when Annie Lee’s father and mother died, Annie Lee went to live with appellant and his wife, she then being only eight years old. Appellant cared for her, sent her to school, and she…