Ball v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The indictment charged appellant with rape upon Myrtie Ball, on the 20th day of August, 1902. Myrtie Ball was the daughter of appellant by his first wife, and she was 14 years old on the 14th day of July, 1902. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of rape, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of ninety-nine years. The rape was committed upon Myrtie Ball, a girl' about 14 years old, the daughter of appellant by his former wife. Appellant married his first wife, the mother of prosecutrix, in West Virginia, and lived with her there for two or three years, and then separated from her, leaving his children with her. Appellant afterwards moved West, and came to the Indian Territory, where he married his present wife. His former wife in the meantime had died about a…
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