Batchelor v. State

Appellant Batchelor was convicted of the crime of rape upon his eight-year-old daughter and the penalty was fixed by the jury as life imprisonment.

The evidence on the part of the State disclosed these facts: About May 30, 1947, appellant was living in a house with his former wife and their four children, including his eight-year-old daughter, the prosecuting witness. The family was working in the cotton fields. On the day in question appellant sent the child’s mother from the house to the mail box which was about one-half mile distant. During Mrs. Batchelor’s absence, appellant laid Ms…