Jackson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Jack. Tried below before Hon. Thomas F. Horton, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction of slander; penalty, a fine of $100 and ten days imprisonment in the county jail. The indictment charged appellant with slander by imputing a want of chastity to Civility Cunningham, an unmarried female. ISTo statement necessary.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of slander, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $100 and ten days confinement in the county' jail. The indictment alleges the offense of slander, in that appellant, by the use of a most vulgar term, stated he had had carnal intercourse with the prosecutrix. The allegations are that the slander was imputed on the 15th day of June, 1899, and the imputation was a specific act of intercourse had by himself with the girl. Appellant offered as witnesses Dan Blackwell and Will Miller, and expected each to swear that he had had sexual intercourse…
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