Legal Opinion

Pilgrim v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 4, 1910No. 580PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Ellis. Tried below before the Honorable F. L. Hawkins. Appeal from a conviction of rape; penalty, imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

RAMSEY, Judge.

On the 8th day of October, 1909, an indictment was filed in the District Court of Ellis County charging appellant in one count with rape on the person of Lillian Hall, who was alleged to be under the age of fifteen years, and by another count in the indictment he was charged with incest with the said Lillian Hall, who was alleged to be his stepdaughter. By consent of the court the count charging incest was dismissed by'the county attorney, and the case submitted to the jury alone upon the count in the indictment charging appellant with rape. On his trial, which occurred .…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Knight v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
  2. Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
  3. Cruz v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
  4. Flores v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
  5. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1939

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