Legal Opinion

Payne v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 22, 1897No. 1744PublishedCited by 7 opinions

The indictment is set out in the opinion, as is also a statement of the material facts proved. The charge of the court submitted only a rape by fraud. .

1Opinion of the Court

HENDERSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of rape, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of five years; hence this appeal. The charging part of the indictment is as follows: “That defendant did then and there by force, threats, and

fraud, and without the consent of the said J essie Winn, ravish and have carnal knowledge of the said J essie Winn, the said J essie Winn not being then and there the wife of the said Bunyon Payne,” etc.

The evidence showed that on the night of the alleged offense there was a party at the house of one H. B. Payne, the father of the…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Jolly v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1923
  2. Payne v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1899
  3. State v. NavarroArizona Supreme Court · 1961
  4. Lee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1902
  5. State v. FudgeWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1924

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