Caldwell v. State

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is statutory rape; the punishment, 65 years.

The prosecutrix testified' that the appellant, her stepfather, had intercourse with her, from which she became pregnant and gave birth to a child.

The appellant denied that he was the author of the prosecutrix’ downfall and offered his wife’s sister, who had lived in the home with him and his family, who testified that she had never observed any . improper conduct of the appellant toward the prosecutrix.

During the development of the case, Mattie Caldwell was referred to many times as the appellant’s wife.

As their…