Hilton v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Erath. Tried helow before Hon. L. IST. Eeank, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction of adultery; penalty, a fine of $500. The information charged appellant, a married man, with unlawful habitual carnal intercourse with Josie Johnson, an unmarried woman. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
HEMDERSOU, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of adultery, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $500, and prosecutes this appeal.
Appellant’s first bill of exceptions calls in question the action of the court in admitting the testimony of “Mrs. Zora Johnson. The bill shows that this witness was introduced by the State for the purpose of rebuttal, to sustain the testimony of Josie Johnson, after the defendant had impeached her by showing that she had made a statement to J. W. Jarrott different from her testimony on the trial. There was no objection to the impeaching testimony by the witness Mrs.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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