Hull v. State

THOMAS, Justice.

Appellant was indicted for carnal knowledge of, or abuse in the attempt to carnally know, a girl under twelve years of age.

There was a jury and a verdict of guilty, as charged in the indictment, and punishment fixed at death.

The evidence tended to show that on several occasions defendant attempted to complete the act in question with the girl mentioned in the indictment, and that she was about nine years of age. The evidence for the state further showed that defendant induced said child to engage in such practices with him by giving her presents and showing her lewd pictures,…