Mayo v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Houston. Tried below before the Hon. W. D. Wood. All material facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWhite, P. J.
Under an indictment for rape upon a female child of the age of eight years, this appellant was found guilty of an attempt to commit rape (Rev. Stats., Penal Code, art. 535), and his punishment assessed at two years’ confinement in the penitentiary. Rev. Penal Code, art. 503.
*345A motion was made to quash the indictment, which was overruled, and this action is one of the chief errors complained of. In order to make the question understood, we reproduce a portion of the indictment, which is as follows, after the usual formal portions: “that Eli Mayo, on the thirtieth day of July, in the year of our…
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