Cottrell v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

—This is a case of incest; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of seven years.

The act of intercourse relied upon is charged to have taken place in the fall of 1919.

The prosecutrix testified to many prior acts. At the time of the trial, she was seventeen years of age; and the familiarity, according to her testimony, had continued for several years.

Upon information given by her, another relative, Jess Stagner, was arrested. On cross-examination she was asked if she had not made a written statement to the effect that Stagner, and no other, had…