Bishop v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The State’s testimony showed that defendant came to see prosecutrix often, living close to where she lived, making love to her and trying to kiss her, and that she associated with him like young people generally do; that they went to church together, etc., and finally became engaged to marry; that he gave her an engagement ring, and that they became more intimate thereafter; that there was a slight disagreement between them, but that they made up afterwards, and that he told…
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The State’s testimony showed that defendant came to see prosecutrix often, living close to where she lived, making love to her and trying to kiss her, and that she associated with him like young people generally do; that they went to church together, etc., and finally became engaged to marry; that he gave her an engagement ring, and that they became more intimate thereafter; that there was a slight disagreement between them, but that they made up afterwards, and that he told her again that he would take her as soon as she got ready, and that they were engaged to get married at the time he…
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ON REHEARING.
March 6, 1912.
HARPER, Judge.
This case was reversed and remanded on a former day of this term, and the State has filed a motion for rehear-in, and cites us to the case of Beeson v. State, 60 Texas Crim. Rep., 39, 130 S. W. Rep., 1006, and calls our attention to the fact that the paragraph of the charge of the court on accomplice testimony is an exact copy of a similar paragraph contained in the Beeson case. The objection made to the charge in the Beeson case was that the paragraph "was upon the weight of the testimony,” and this court, in an opinion by Judge Cobb, held that…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Oates v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1907
- Barrett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909
- Beeson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
- Wisdom v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1903
- Maibaum v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
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