Collier v. State

297 S.W.2d 160 (1956)

Robert L. COLLIER, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 28419.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 14, 1956.

Rehearing Denied January 9, 1957.

Fisher, Reavley & Barber, Jasper, Carey Williamson, Silsbee, Thos. H. Dent, Galveston, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction is for rape; the punishment, five years.

Appellant, age 23, commonly called Pete Collier, lived with his cousin John Jones. Jones' wife left for California on Friday afternoon to join her husband. She arranged for the children, including…