Legal Opinion

Scoggins v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 5, 1919No. 4806PublishedCited by 2 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

LATTIMORE, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction in the District Court of Rusk County, Texas, of the appellant for the offense of seduction. His punishment was fixed at eight years confinement in the penitentiary, from which he has appealed.

The evidence is very conflicting. Many witnesses have testified as to the good reputation of prosecutrix, and a number to her bad reputation. She testified to a state of facts which, if true and believed by. the jury, justified them in finding the appellant guilty. There were no exceptions-reserved by the appellant to the charge of the trial court, and…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Pruitt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1924
  2. Hatton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1933

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