Palm v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is rape. The punishment assessed is death.

Appellant brings forward eighteen complaints, each of which he contends presents reversible error.

His first contention is that the evidence is insufficient to justify and sustain his conviction. With this we cannot agree.

The State’s evidence, briefly stated, shows that on the night of the 9th day of October, 1945, the parents of the injured girl went to a party at the home of a friend and left their daughter and small son at home. During their absence and before the children had retired for the night, someone cut the screen…