Coburn v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Tarrant. Tried below before Hon. W. D. Harris. This appeal is from a conviction for incest, between a father and daughter, the punishment being assessed at ten years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. No further statement than that found in the opinion is required.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of incest, and given ten years in the penitentiary, and prosecutes this appeal. A number of bills of exceptions were reserved to the action of the court on questions arising during the trial of the case, but as the case will be reversed on a question not raised by the appellant, either in the court below or in this court, we deem it unnecessary to notice the questions raised by the bills of exceptions. The only person who testified to any act of carnal intercourse between the appellant and Ada Coburn, his daughter, was the said Ada Coburn herself; and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Stewart v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1895
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