Speer v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The State’s testimony showed that the defendant was seen in the act of copulation with a jennet; that the witness was about fourteen feet from defendant at the time; that it was bright moonlight and there was nothing to obstruct the view of the State’s witness; that when the defendant discovered the witness he ran away but was afterwards overtaken and arrested. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
RAMSEY, Judge.
This is the second appeal of this case. On his second trial had in the District Court of Wood County on May 4th of this year, appellant was found guilty of the offense of sodomy, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of five years.
We have carefully read the record in the case, and believe the evidence is sufficient to show appellant’s guilt, or in any event that there is sufficient evidence in the case that would make it unwarranted in us in reversing the judgment of the jury so determining. The court gave an unexceptional charge in the…
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