PETREY v. STATE

No. 26278.

258 S.W.2d 808 (1953)

PETREY v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied May 27, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harris E. Lofthus and O. M. Calhoun, Amarillo, for appellant.

F. H. Richards, Dist. Atty., Dalhart, Wesley Dice, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for rape; penalty assessed at 50 years.

Jeanette Petrey Lemon testified that she was fourteen years of age on December 1, 1951, the date of the alleged offense, and fifteen years old on the day of the trial. She further testified that she was the daughter of the accused; that he had sexual intercourse with her for the first time about two years prior to December, 1951, that...

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