Staples v. State

HARPER, Judge.

At the September term, 1914, the grand jury of Smith County returned an indictment against appellant, alleging that “on or about the 15th day of February, A. D. 1913, in Smith County, Texas, appellant did then and there unlawfully seduce Tempie Boberson, an unmarried woman under the age of twenty-five years, and did then and there obtain carnal knowledge of the said Tempie Boberson by means and in virtue of a promise of marriage to her, previously made by him.”

When the case was called for trial appellant, in addition to his plea of not guilty, filed a plea of former conviction.…