Legal Opinion

J. A. Woolly v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 7, 1923No. 7078PublishedCited by 13 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

HAWKINS, Judge.

Appellant is convicted for adultery with one .'Nettie Collins with punishment assessed at a fine of $500.

The State relied upon circumstantial evidence to secure a conviction. The proof showed that appellant was engaged in the mercantile business; was a married man with a wife and two children. He and his family lived over the store. Nettie Collins lived in a house on the outskirts of the city of Denison. Appellant had been seen on numerous occasions to go there both in the daytime and at night, and had been seen taking in the house things which the witnesses thought to be…

2Cited by13 opinions

  1. Cortez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  2. Pennington v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1961
  3. Goff v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1990
  4. Huffhines v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
  5. Kemp v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923

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