Wilcox v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Mrs. S. Hereschop, for the State, testified: My name is Sylvia Hereschop. I am the woman referred to in the indictment. I see the man that assaulted me in court. He assaulted me in July, 1892, on the Dibrell place, four miles from the town of Seguin. It occurred on Sunday evening, awhile after noon, as I was going from my house to my sister-in-law’s. When I reached the gate that leads from the Dibrell farm into the pasture, the defendant was standing at the gate.
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Mrs. S. Hereschop, for the State, testified: My name is Sylvia Hereschop. I am the woman referred to in the indictment. I see the man that assaulted me in court. He assaulted me in July, 1892, on the Dibrell place, four miles from the town of Seguin. It occurred on Sunday evening, awhile after noon, as I was going from my house to my sister-in-law’s. When I reached the gate that leads from the Dibrell farm into the pasture, the defendant was standing at the gate. He came up to me and jerked my hat from my head and threw it away, and caught me by the arm and began pushing me backwards until I…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant having been convicted of rape, was given the death penalty, from which he prosecutes this appeal.
Under the evidence adduced, it is contended, that the defendant is under 17 years of age, and hence not subject to capital punishment. The offense was committed in July, 1892. Unless he was bom prior to July, 1875, he could not be 17 yearsold at the date of the offense. In regard to this issue, his mother testified, that she was, at the date of the trial, 31 years of age; that defendant was born on November 10, 1877; that he was 16 at the date of his trial; that she was…
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