Klinedinst v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction is for rape of a twelve year old girl; the punishment, death.

The victim testified that she was twice ravished by appellant in the presence or and with the assistance of his common-law wife. The rape occurred on August 30, 1952, near the shores of White Rock Lake in Dallas County, where appellant and his wife had taken the child for a picnic and swim.

The three remained at the lake throughout the night, and on the following morning they went to appellant’s residence, secured a camera and then went to a wooded area along a creek near Lemon Avenue, in Dallas.

At this…