Bailey v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
This is the second appeal taken in this case. The judgment of conviction on the former appeal was reversed for admission of illegal testimony and error of omission in the charge of the court.
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This is the second appeal taken in this case. The judgment of conviction on the former appeal was reversed for admission of illegal testimony and error of omission in the charge of the court. That case will be found reported as Bailey v. State, 30 S. W. Rep, 669. The following are substantially the facts, as proved on the second trial, from which this appeal is taken: Mrs. Adaline Hardin, mother of the prosecutrix, testified: Addie Hardin died July 13th, 1894. For a month or two before her death appellant was at her mother’s house, to see Addie, about once a week. About two weeks before…
1Opinion of the Court
HURT, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of seducing Miss Addie Hardin, and appeals. It is insisted by counsel for appellant that the proof in this case fails to show that Addie Hardin was unmarried. She lived with her mother, Mrs. Adeline Hardin. She was called “Miss Addie Hardin.” She received the addresses of the defendant. They were engaged to be married. This is sufficient proof that she was an unmarried woman. See, State v. Heatherton, 60 Iowa, 175; 14 N. W. Rep., 230. Mrs. Hardin lived near the town of Van Alstyne, Grayson County. She swears that, for a month or two before Addie’s…
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