Watkins v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
' Appeal from the District Court of San Augustine. Tried below before the Hon. A. E. Davis. Appeal from a conviction of rape on a female under the age of consent; penalty, ten years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
DAYIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of rape upon a little girl under fifteen years of age, the record showing she was about four years and nine months old. He was awarded ten years confinement in the penitentiary.
During the trial the State offered the testimony through the mother of the child to prove the statements of the child made something like an hour or an hour and a half after the alleged assault under practically the following circumstances: The mother of the child testified that her husband was suffering with an abscess or some trouble, at least, with one of his teeth. She…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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