Rogers v. State

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is aggravated assault by an adult upon a child; the punishment, 2 years in jail.

The complaint was sworn to by W. R. Truitt, father of the wife of the appellant and grandfather of the child Garry Hill.

The appellant was Garry’s step-father, he having married Anelia who was the mother of four children born of a previous marriage.

Garry was the oldest of the children, being 7 years old at the time in question. He was to some extent mentally retarded and when called to the witness stand was excused without being interrogated.

Mr. Truitt testified that he saw…