Dove v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Palo Pinto. Tried below before Hon. J. S. Straughan. This appeal is from a conviction for rape, the punishment being assessed at death. The indictment charged the appellant, John Dove alias Albert Moore, with the rape of Mrs. Joe Meredith, in Palo Pinto County, on the 23rd day of August, 1895. Mrs. Joe Meredith testified to defendant’s assaulting and ravishing her at her home.
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Appeal from the District Court of Palo Pinto. Tried below before Hon. J. S. Straughan. This appeal is from a conviction for rape, the punishment being assessed at death. The indictment charged the appellant, John Dove alias Albert Moore, with the rape of Mrs. Joe Meredith, in Palo Pinto County, on the 23rd day of August, 1895. Mrs. Joe Meredith testified to defendant’s assaulting and ravishing her at her home. That she was just recovering from an attack of measles, and was very weak; weighed only 110 pounds. Her husband had left home in the morning. She was alone with two of her little…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of rape, and his-punishment assessed at death, and he prosecutes this appeal. The only bill of exceptions in the record is as to the action of the court in overruling the motion for a continuance. ThiP application states that it is-“for the want of the testimony of John Whitesides, who is now in the Indian Territory temporarily, but who resides in Montague County, Texas; and Tom Cooper and Exa Cooper, who reside in Montague County, Texas; and Jim Turner, reputed to reside in Dallas County, Texas; and John Ogle, who is reputed to be in the Indian…
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