Mullin v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

Appellant was tried and convicted of the offense of assault with intent to commit rape. His punishment was assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of three years.

Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain his conviction. The material facts in support of the charge contained in the indictment were related by the prosecutrix, who was seven years of age at the time of the trial and who testified as follows: On Saturday afternoon, May 6, 1944, appellant came to the home of her parents and asked them to permit her to go with him to his home…