Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 18, 1910No. 608PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Delta. Tried below before the Honorable E. L. Porter. Appeal from a conviction of seduction; penalty, four years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

McCORD, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for seduction, the appellant’s punishment being assessed at four years confinement in the State penitentiary.

Appellant in his motion for new trial makes no complaint of the charge of the court as given. It is unnecessary to set out the statement of facts as contained in the record. Suffice it to say that the testimony shows that the appellant in this case had sexual intercourse with the prosecutrix Lizzie Wall; that this intercourse commenced about the middle of January, 1909, and continued up until April, 1909; that the prosecutrix gave birth…

2Cited by24 opinions

  1. Murphy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912
  2. Slaughter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
  3. Sheffield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1962
  4. Curry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
  5. McDonald v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1915

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