Lemons v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The testimony of the prosecutrix was substantially that she knew the defendant, and that she saw him on the night of the alleged assault; that she first saw him between ten and eleven o’clock that night, when he came to her house in a rig and stopped in front of her house, knocked at her door and asked if she did not want company for the night; that she told him she did not, to go away, that he had no business there, etc., and that she would dress herself and go to the…
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The testimony of the prosecutrix was substantially that she knew the defendant, and that she saw him on the night of the alleged assault; that she first saw him between ten and eleven o’clock that night, when he came to her house in a rig and stopped in front of her house, knocked at her door and asked if she did not want company for the night; that she told him she did not, to go away, that he had no business there, etc., and that she would dress herself and go to the neighbor if he tried to come in; that defendant started off after asking prosecutrix’s pardon but said that he would come…
1Opinion of the Court
McCORD, Judge.
The appellant has appealed in this case from a conviction of assault with intent to rape with a punishment of five years in the penitentiary. The indictment was returned in the District Court of Swisher County, charging the appellant in the first count with burglary by breaking and entering the house occupied, by Mrs. Anna Murray, with intent by force, threats and fraud to have carnal knowledge of the said Mrs. Anna Murray. The second count charges that appellant made an assault upon Mrs. Anna Murray with intent to commit the crime of rape. He was brought to trial upon this bill…
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