Venable v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Be it remembered that on the trial of the above entitled and numbered cause, and after the selection and empaneling of the jury, the reading of the indictment, and the entering of the defendant’s pleas of not guilty, and after the witness Ola Fincher, the prosecutrix herein, had been by the State placed upon the witness stand, and after she had been examined as to an automobile ride, she, the defendant, one Irene Tucker, and one Vou Rosenberg, had taken on the night of the…
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Be it remembered that on the trial of the above entitled and numbered cause, and after the selection and empaneling of the jury, the reading of the indictment, and the entering of the defendant’s pleas of not guilty, and after the witness Ola Fincher, the prosecutrix herein, had been by the State placed upon the witness stand, and after she had been examined as to an automobile ride, she, the defendant, one Irene Tucker, and one Vou Rosenberg, had taken on the night of the 7th and morning of the 8th day of 'July, 1917, and prior to the time she had been asked whether or not the defendant had…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of rape on a girl under fifteen years of age, the facts showing that she was between thirteen and fourteen years of age.
There is a very lengthy bill of exceptions found in the record covering nearly forty pages. The length of this bill is explained on the theory that the matter could not be made manifest to this court except by setting out all of the matters as they occurred with reference to the prosecuting witness. Before being asked with reference to the facts of the alleged rape, the district attorney and his associate were permitted to…
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