Bell v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from tbe Criminal District Court of Galveston. Tried below before Hon. B. D. Cavtn. This appeal is from a conviction of a white woman for intermarrying with a negro, the punishment being assessed at two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The record does not contain a statement of facts. No briefs have come to the hands of the Reporter.
1Opinion of the Court
SIMKINS, Judge.
—Appellant was convicted of the offense of intermarrying with a negro, appellant being a white woman, and her punishment was fixed at two years in the penitentiary.
1. The appellant complains that the court erred in ruling out the record of the said court showing Calvin Bell, whom appellant is alleged to have married, was tried upon said offense and acquitted. The court did not err. The Penal Code (article 326) declares, if any white person and negro shall knowingly intermarry with each other within this State, they shall be punished by confinement, etc. The woman may have known…
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