Pierce v. State

DAVIDSOH, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of rape upon a child seven or eight years of >age and given a life sentence in the penitentiary. Appellant was ,a man about seventy-four years of age and lived in the house of the family of which the little girl was a member. The little girl was placed upon the stand and testified in -substance that appellant had1 intercourse with her. Her mother testified that after she ascertained the fact that the occurrence had taken place she examined the child and had a physician also to examine her. The mother testified that the private parts of the…