Hollingsworth v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Coryell. Tried below before the Hon. J. H. Arnold.. Appeal from a conviction of incest; penalty, ten years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case. On question of continuance: Gilerease v. State, 33 Texas Crim. Bep., 619; Branch’s Crim. Law, see. 267. On question of court’s charge on letter: Bice v. State, 49 Texas Crim.
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Appeal from the District Court of Coryell. Tried below before the Hon. J. H. Arnold.. Appeal from a conviction of incest; penalty, ten years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case. On question of continuance: Gilerease v. State, 33 Texas Crim. Bep., 619; Branch’s Crim. Law, see. 267. On question of court’s charge on letter: Bice v. State, 49 Texas Crim. Bep., 669. On the trial the State was permitted to introduce in evidence a letter from Cassie Dunn to appellant, written many months after the alleged commission of the offense with which appellant stands charged. There…
1Opinion of the Court
Appellant was indicted for incest with his niece, Cassie Dunn, the daughter of his sister, was found guilty and assessed the highest punishment.
The State introduced said Cassie Dunn as its first witness. She testified on direct examination to her relationship to appellant as alleged in the indictment; that she was twenty years old June 18, 1914; that for the four or five years preceding this trial, which occurred in February, 1915, she had been living with and making her home with appellant; that when she first went to living with him his family consisted of himself and two sons, then nearly…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Mooney v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1915
- Hamblin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1899
- Campbell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1895
- Kirkpatrick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909
- Hilcher v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Wall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
- Goodman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
- Hollingsworth v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1916
- Odneal v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931
- Perkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
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