Legal Opinion

Belk v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 9, 1925No. 9448PublishedCited by 2 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

LATTIMORE, Judge.

This appeal is taken from a conviction for a violation of the law forbidding the sending, delivering, etc., of an anonymous letter reflecting upon the chastity of a female, with punishment fixed at a fine of $250.00 and thirty days in the county jail.

We find nothing in appellant’s motion to quash the complaint and information, or in his motion in arrest of judgment. The alleged anonymous letter was set out fully in the pleadings, and innuendo averment was resorted to in order that certain expressions used in the letter might be -made plain. Both motions referred to were…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Bradfield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Fischer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1962
  2. Basaldua v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957

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