Stanford v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Palo Pinto. Tried below before Hon. J. S. Strahghan. Appellant was indicted for incest with his daughter, Samantha Stanford, and his punishment was assessed at seven years in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the District Court of Palo Pinto. Tried below before Hon. J. S. Strahghan. Appellant was indicted for incest with his daughter, Samantha Stanford, and his punishment was assessed at seven years in the penitentiary. On the trial the State’s witness, Mrs. Annie Pane, testified, that on one occasion, at night, when she was sleeping in bed at defendant’s house with the prosecutrix, she saw defendant come to the bed where they were sleeping and have carnal intercourse with his daughter. The defendant introduced witnesses who proved that the reputation of this witness Annie Pane for…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSOH, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of incest with his daughter. Under the facts adduced on the trial, she was an accomplice. To corroborate her, the State introduced the testimony of Annie Pane, and other facts and circumstances. This witness testified positively to the incestuous intercourse between the parties. Her reputation for truth and veracity was attacked by proving it generally bad, and that she was in the habit of making different narrations of any given transaction of which she spoke. Appellant offered no evidence, and made no effort to prove she had made contradictory…
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