Anderson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Rusk. Tried below before Hon. W. J. Graham. Appeal from a conviction of seduction; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the District Court of Rusk. Tried below before Hon. W. J. Graham. Appeal from a conviction of seduction; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment charged appellant with seducing Lucy Gatlin on the 10th of June, 1896. The evidence for the prosecution was that the defendant paid attentions to the injured female during 1895 and 1896; that he became engaged to her in January, 1896, which engagement was never broken; seduced her in June, 1896, and continued sexual intercourse with her until the latter part of November, 1896. The witness Westfall says that he…
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of seduction, and his punishment assessed at-confinement in the penitentiary for a term of two years; hence this appeal.
The court did not err in overruling appellant’s motion in arrest of judgment. The indictment is in accordance with the approved forms, and contains every essential allegation required by our statute.
Appellant contends that the court committed an error in failing to give a charge on accomplice testimony, and apply the same to the witness Will Westfall. The court explains his refusal to give a charge on said subject, because appellant…
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