Cowley v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Appellant was charged with a statutory offense, the victim being a female not his wife under the age of eighten years. Upon conviction he was assessed the minimum penalty of five years in the State penitentiary.

The story as revealed by the statement of facts involves the association of the parties in the town of Fort Stockton, most of the time in company with several friends, both boys and girls. The young lady tells a horrible story of mistreatment and force which is denied by appellant who, nevertheless, gives a detailed story in his own way sufficient to require that the…