Johnson v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Washington. Tried below before the Hon. I. B. McFarland. The conviction in this case was for the rape of Anna Knuppel, in Washington county, Texas, on the twenty-sixth day of January, 1886. A form of ninety-nine years in the penitentiary was the penalty imposed by the jury. Anna Knuppel was the first witness for the State.
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Appeal from the District Court of Washington. Tried below before the Hon. I. B. McFarland. The conviction in this case was for the rape of Anna Knuppel, in Washington county, Texas, on the twenty-sixth day of January, 1886. A form of ninety-nine years in the penitentiary was the penalty imposed by the jury. Anna Knuppel was the first witness for the State. She testified that she lived with her father, Frederick Knuppel, in Washington county, Texas, about four miles south of the town of Brenham. She did not know whether the road passing her father’s house was the Brenham and Industry, or the…
1Opinion of the Court
Hurt, Judge.
This is a conviction for rape, the punishment imposed being imprisonment in the penitentiary for ninety-nine years.
We desire to notice specially but three matters. First, in forming the jury, John Watson, a member of the special venire, being examined touching his qualifications as a juror, stated, in answer to questions, that he could read and write a little, but not *379much; that he could read print and could write his name, but could not read hand writing unless it was very plainly written. The State challenged for cause, which was sustained by the court, and defendant excepted.
We…
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