Grizzell v. State

BELCHER, Judge.

The offense is statutory rape; the punishment, 15 years in the penitentiary.

The state’s testimony shows that the appellant married the mother of the prosecutrix about six years before the return of the indictment in this case and that the prosecutrix and a younger half-sister had lived with them during this time. The proof shows that the prosecutrix was fourteen years of age at the time of the trial of this case.

The prosecutrix testified that her mother worked most of the time and the appellant operated a business where she went almost daily. She further testified that on…