Legal Opinion

Shaw v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 25, 1914No. 3061PublishedCited by 7 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was charged with and convicted of having produced an abortion on one Cassie Gaines.

That Cassie Gaines gave premature birth to a child is proven conclusively. She testified that Sam Rhyon, her cousin, was the father of her child, and that Sam Rhyon carried her at night to the home of a woman in McKinney, and to whom he introduced her as Kate or Kit Shaw; that Rhyon made the arrangements with the woman, and this woman caused her to lie down, and the woman then inserted her fingers into her privates, manipulating with her fingers for some minutes. That she then was…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Link v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
  2. Miller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1897
  3. Willingham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1894
  4. Hunter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1897

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. State v. CragunUtah Supreme Court · 1934
  3. Palmer v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1967
  4. Burnett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1918
  5. Wooten v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1932

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