Vasquez v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Johnny Vasquez was convicted by a jury in Travis County on a charge of rape and was assessed the penalty of death, from which this appeal comes.

Appellant is a Mexican, a minor, but married. He and his wife were working for W. C. Kelley, who lived near Austin, it appearing that appellant’s wife was assigned to the special duty of caring for their eight-year old daughter, Barbara Kay, who was not in good health, being a sufferer from sinus trouble. On the 14th day of May, 1941, in the afternoon, the little girl accompanied appellant to the barn where he went to treat the sores…