Fowler v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Tarrant. Tried below before the Hon. W. Swayne. Appeal from a conviction of assault with intent to rape; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
HARPER, Judge.
In this case appellant was indicted for assault with intent to rape, the indictment reading as follows, omitting the formal parts: “did unlawfully make an assault in and upon the person of Cora Lee Stout, a female under the age of fifteen years; and not the wife of him, the said Charley Fowler, did then and there attempt to ravish and have carnal knowledge of the said Cora Lee Stout.”
1. There is a judgment in the record overruling the motion to quash the indictment, but the motion itself does not appear in the record. Looking to the motion for a new trial, in paragraphs 6, 7 and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Atkinson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1895
- Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1902
- State v. GaulSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1883
- Witherby v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1866
3Cited by21 opinions
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- State v. StevensMontana Supreme Court · 1937
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