Hines v. State

BELCHER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted under Art. 535d, Vernon’s Ann. P.C., for fondling a child’s sexual parts, and his punishment was assessed at five years in the penitentiary.

Barbara Lee, the prosecutrix, testified that she was nine years of age; that appellant came to her house on the morning of July 6, 1953, and worked on the sewer; that her brother left the house leaving her alone with the appellant, who began talking with her; that after she had told him about her appendix operation “he wanted to see and told me to lay on the sofa. * * * And then he took my pants down back here and he…