Brown v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

— The offense is rape; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of five years.

The evidence shows that Juanita Simpson, a negro girl about eight years of age; was a member of the household of Hasten Brown, the appellant; that the appellant’s wife was an aunt of the little girl and she was permitted by her mother to stay at the appellant’s home for about two weeks. While the appellant’s wife had gone to church, the little girl was left in his custody. She testified in detail to facts showing that he was guilty of rape. She claimed that he…