Cox v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
PRENDERGAST, Judge.
—The grand jury of Travis County on June 20, 1917, duly indicted appellant, alleging therein that “on or about October 15th, 1916, and thence continuously up to May 1, 1917, she was, and is, a common prostitute and vagrant, and during said time she did pursue the avocation of a common prostitute and did make a business of selling the use of her person to the male sex for the purpose of illicit carnal intercourse.” She was tried on August 16, 1917, convicted and fined $50.
The State introduced- several witnesses who gave material incriminating evidence against her. The…
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