Shields v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
This appeal is from a conviction for assault with intent to rape, wherein the punishment assessed was imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of two years. ' The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
HURT, Presiding Judge.
Conviction for assault with intent to rape. The prosecutrix testified as follows: “ My name is Josephine Taylor. I am married, and was married on and before October 7, 1889. I then had four children; the oldest was 7 years old. I live now, and did in October, 1889, in Bexar County, in what is called the Posites settlement. The neighborhood is tolerably thickly settled; my nearest neighbor is a half or three-quarters of a mile. Myself and children were at home on the night of October 7, 1889. I know the defendant, Dick Shields (identifies him). On the night of October 7,…
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