Slawson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Burnet. Tried below before Hon. J. A. Chews, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction for an aggravated assault and battery upon a female; penalty, a fine of $300 and twelve months imprisonment in the county jail. The information is set out in the opinion. The testimony of the prosecutrix is as follows: Ida Altman, witness for the State, being sworn, says: “My name is Ida Altman. I am 9 years old.
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Appeal from the County Court of Burnet. Tried below before Hon. J. A. Chews, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction for an aggravated assault and battery upon a female; penalty, a fine of $300 and twelve months imprisonment in the county jail. The information is set out in the opinion. The testimony of the prosecutrix is as follows: Ida Altman, witness for the State, being sworn, says: “My name is Ida Altman. I am 9 years old. Live in the town of Burnet, Burnet County, Texas. On the 6th day of August, 1897, I went with Joe Slawson; the defendant, to show him the way to Jaek Altman’s, my…
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of an aggravated assault, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $300, and imprisonment in the county jail for twelve months; hence this appeal.
The only question necessary to be considered in order to make a proper1 disposition of this case is as to the validity of the information. The’ charging part of the same is as follows: That said J. J. Slawson "then and there unlawfully in and upon Ida Altman did commit an aggravated assault and battery, by means which inflict, and did inflict, disgrace upon the said Ida Altman, to wit, the said J. J. Slawson…
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