Cochran v. State

283 S.W.2d 947 (1955)

Jesse COCHRAN, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 27527.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 15, 1955.

Rehearing Denied October 26, 1955.

Howze & Howze, Monahans, by Murray J. Howze, for appellant.

Warren Burnett, Dist. Atty., Odessa, Leon Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for assault with intent to rape; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for a term of fifty years.

The prosecutrix was a young girl six years of age at the time of the alleged offense and seven years old at the time of the trial.

The…