Legal Opinion

Cox v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 17, 1915No. 3487PublishedCited by 3 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Judge.

The indictment alleges a trial in the County Court on an information for the offense of slander spoken of and concerning one Minnie Simpson by Ethridge in the following language, towit: “I would not be caught in daytime with that girl for one thousand dollars. She is nothing but a damned whore.” It was alleged in the County Court in the information that appellant was sworn and testified as a witness in the case, and that he testified that he had had sexual intercourse with Minnie Simpson behind her father’s store in Potosí. The indictment possibly may be sufficient to allege…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Garrett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1897
  2. Maroney v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1903
  3. McVicker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
  4. Liggett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1904
  5. Pyles v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1904

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Reed v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1916
  2. State v. FalkNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1916
  3. Stevens v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1929

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