Bonds v. State

DICE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of sodomy, and his punishment assessed at eight years’ confinement in the penitentiary.

The evidence shows that appellant was interested in and with his wife operated three night clubs in the city of Dallas in Dallas County, Texas; and that in the early part of September, 1954, he employed the prosecuting witness, a girl, who, under her testimony, was 15 years of age at the time of her employment and on the date of the alleged offense.

The prosecuting witness testified that on the afternoon of September 21, 1954, appellant took her by force to…