Kerley v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
Conviction is for rape; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of five years.
It is not necessary that an indictment charging rape upon a girl under eighteen years of age allege her previous chastity or to refer to the matter of consent. The punishment for rape is confinement, in the penitentiary or death; and in capital cases the statute allows to the State and to the accused each fifteen peremptory challenges. In felonies less than capital but ten such challenges are allowed. In this instance the appellant demanded fifteen and the court…
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