McGee and Fuller v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Robertson. Tried below before-Hon. W. G. Taliaferro. ' Appeal from a conviction for rape; penalty, fifty years imprisonment assessed against each appellant. The indictment charged appellants jointly with rape, committed on the 9th day of January, 1898, upon Martha Green, a female under the-age of 15 years. The record in this case shows that the parties in this case were negroes.
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Appeal from the District Court of Robertson. Tried below before-Hon. W. G. Taliaferro. ' Appeal from a conviction for rape; penalty, fifty years imprisonment assessed against each appellant. The indictment charged appellants jointly with rape, committed on the 9th day of January, 1898, upon Martha Green, a female under the-age of 15 years. The record in this case shows that the parties in this case were negroes. That the prosecutrix, Martha Green, was between 12 and 13 years of age. That the occurrence took place on the night of Sunday, January 9, 2898. The two defendants came to the house…
1Opinion of the Court
HURT, Presiding Judge.
Appellants were charged with rape upon Martha Green. The jury returned the following verdicts: “We the jury find the defendant Prada McGee guity as charged in the indictment, and assess his punishment at confindment in the State penitenitory for a tearm of fifty years. T. A. Smith, Foreman.” And: “We the jury find the defendant Maryland Fuller guity as charged in the indictment, and assess his punishment at confindment in the State penitenitory for a term of fifty years. T. A. Smith, Foreman.” The court submitted to the jury rape and assault to rape. The punishment for…
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