Owens v. State

283 S.W.2d 749 (1955)

Jesse OWENS, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 27640.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 22, 1955.

Rehearing Denied November 2, 1955.

Clay Coggins, Roby, for appellant.

Eldon Mahon, Dist. Atty., Colorado City, Leon Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is abortion by the use of a rubber tube or catheter forced into the womb of a pregnant woman; the punishment, 3 years in the penitentiary.

For a statement of the evidence, we quote the respective theories of the State and the appellant from appellant's brief.

"It was the State's…