Legal Opinion

Wisdom v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 17, 1903No. 2588PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Ho statement required. Defendant filed a motion to quash the indictment and in arrest of judgment, which were overruled.

1Opinion of the Court

BROOKS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of seduction, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of five years.

Appellant insists that the court erred in overruling his motion to quash the indictment, because the same fails to allege that defendant did by promise to marry seduce the injured female, Lavonia Smith. Appellant further insists that, in order to constitute the offense of seduction as found by our statute, the following facts must be alleged: First, that defendant promised to marry the unmarried female under 25 years of age; second, that by virtue of or…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. Nash v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
  2. Murphy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912
  3. Nash v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
  4. Beeson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
  5. Bost v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912

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