Tindol v. State

239 S.W.2d 396 (1951)

TINDOL

v.

STATE.

No. 25220.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 11, 1951.

Rehearing Denied May 23, 1951.

Edward P. Hughes, Jasper, for appellant.

George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

DAVIDSON, Commissioner.

This is a conviction for rape; the punishment, twenty-five years in the penitentiary.

The prosecutrix is the niece of appellant, and at the time of the commission of the alleged offense was fourteen years of age.

The prosecutrix testified to facts showing that appellant forcibly and against her will engaged in an act of intercourse with her while in the…