Van Dusen v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Dallas. Tried below before Hon. T. F. Hash, County Judge. This appeal is from a conviction for slander, the punishment being assessed at a fine of $100. The opinion sets out the charging portions of the information. Ho general statement necessary.
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Appeal from the County Court of Dallas. Tried below before Hon. T. F. Hash, County Judge. This appeal is from a conviction for slander, the punishment being assessed at a fine of $100. The opinion sets out the charging portions of the information. Ho general statement necessary. Defendant proposed to prove by several witnesses, separate and distinct acts of carnal intercourse by the prosecutrix, Katie Lynch, with other parties, before the alleged slander; which evidence the court refused to permit to be introduced. And in the fourth paragraph of the charge the court instructed the jury, that…
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
The appellant in this case was tried and convicted on an information charging him with slander, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $100, and from the judgment below he prosecutes this appeal.
The appellant in this case asked to continue the case on account of the absence of witness Dr. E. H. Ayres, alleged to having been living then in Bell County. The witness had formerly been attached, and his bond was in court, and he was in attendance on the court at a former term, but he was not present at this term. He proposed to prove by the witness Ayers, as stated by him, that…
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