Knowles v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bosque. Tried below before Hon. W. Poindexter. Appeal from a conviction of rape of a female under 15 years of age; penalty, five years ^imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment charged appellant with the rape of Ethel Stoval, "a female under the age of 15 years, on the 25th day of December, 1900.
1Opinion of the Court
Appellant was convicted of rape upon a female under the age of 15 years, and given five years in the State penitentiary.
Bill number 1 complains of the action of the court overruling the application for continuance. This was the second application, and the explanation of the trial judge to the bill and an inspection of the evidence shows that the testimony was purely cumulative. There was no error in refusing the continuance.
The second bill complains of the court permitting the State to show by prosecutrix that some four or five months after the alleged crime she took her father to the pasture…
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