Kirkendall v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from fbe District Court of Navarro. Tried below before the Hon. H. P. Daviss. Appeal from a conviction of wife abandonment after seduction and marriage; penalty, two and a half years confinement in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case. Cited eases in opinion.' Cited Hatch v. State, recently decided.
1Opinion of the Court
PEENDEEGAST, PresidiNG Judge.
Appellant was convicted for wife abandonment after seduction and marriage. The indictment, after the necessary formal allegation, is: “That Burt Kirkendall on or about the 7th day of April, One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Fourteen, and anterior to the presentment of this Indictment in the County of Navarro and State of Texas, did then and there unlawfully by promise of marriage seduce May Hoffman, an unmarried female under the age of, twenty-five years; and did then and there have carnal knowledge of her, the said May Hoffman; and was afterward charged by complaint…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Barnes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1900
- McKinney v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1902
- Baskins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Sanders v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1861
- State v. EubanksTexas Supreme Court · 1874
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Ex Parte ChanceCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
- Seely v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1918
- Brasfield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
- Brasfield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
- Seeley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1918