Stone v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Ellis. Tried below before Hon. J. E. Dillard. Appeal from a conviction of rape; penalty, ten years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the District Court of Ellis. Tried below before Hon. J. E. Dillard. Appeal from a conviction of rape; penalty, ten years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment charged appellant with the rape of Annie Henry, a female under the age of 15 years, on the 15th day of October, 1902. The evidence showed many acts of illicit intercourse between.the parties; and, upon motion of defendant, the State was required to elect as to the transaction upon which the conviction would be asked. It would be profitless, and under the opinion it is unnecessary, to state the disgusting evidence…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID SOS", Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of rape, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of ten years.
The evidence introduced covered a period of several months, and many acts occurring between appellant and the girl. There was a serious contention as to the age of the girl, with the preponderance of the evidence, as we view the record, decidedly in favor of the conclusion that she was over 15 years of age at the time of the alleged rape. The language of the alleged ravished girl and her sister show them to be women of the most abandoned order.…
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