Owens v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
This is the second appeal in this case. See Owens v. State, 35 Texas Criminal Reports, 345. The important facts and questions in the case can be easily gathered from the briefs of counsel and from the opinion below.
1Opinion of the Court
HEHDEBSOH, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of rape, and his punishment assessed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life; hence this appeal.
The indictment contained four counts,—the first for incest and the last for rape. The second and third counts were eliminated, and the case tried on the first and fourth counts, and the jury found him guilty, under the fourth count, for rape.
The proof on the part of the State showed that the prosecutrix, Pearl Owens, was the daughter of appellant, Jay Owens, and she was at the time of the alleged offense about 14 years of age. Her father lived on a farm…
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