Mireles v. State

The appeal is from a conviction for statutory rape and punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of 5 years.

The application for continuance, based upon the absence of knowledge of witnesses by whom the age of the female named in the indictment might be proved and the belief that the fact that she was over 15 years of age could be established by delay, was not followed by any verification of the motion for new trial or the accuracy of the information or belief upon which the motion is founded. The bill alleging misconduct of the jury, in view of the court’s qualification…