Dowlen v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The conviction is for rape. The punishment assessed is confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of twenty-five years.

The record shows that Leona Russell, the alleged injured female, was eight years of age at the time of the commission of the offense; that her brother, William Russell, and Earl James Walker were each seven years old; that all three attended the Canyon Grade School; that on the day in question they were dismissed at about 3:15 o’clock and started to walk home; that when they had gone about a block from the school house appellant came along, driving a tan…