Nolan v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was charged with and convicted of incest with his daughter, his punishment being assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

The State proved the marriage between appellant and his wife, who at the time of the trial was deceased. The State also proved that Maggie Holán, with whom he is alleged to have committed incest, was his daughter by that marriage. Goodwin, for the State, testified that he knew appellant, and had known him for more than thirty years; that he was well acquainted with appellant’s wife during her lifetime; that he knew…