Prindle v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Wichita. Tried below before Hon. Geo. E. Miller. Appellant was convicted under an indictment charging him with sodomy, and his punishment assessed at a term of five years confinement in the State penitentiary. It is not necessary to state the facts in this case.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of sodomy, and prosecutes this appeal.
"This offense consists in a carnal knowledge committed against the order of nature by man with man, or in the same unnatural manner with woman; or by man or woman, in any manner, with beast.” 1 Russ. Crime, 937.
Sodomy, which "is the abominable and detestable crime against nature,’ known to the common law, is, by article 342 of the Penal Code, made an " offense” in this State; and being undefined, we must look to the common law for the elements of this crime. Ex Parte Bergen, 14 Texas Ct. App., 52. "To constitute…
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