Bruce v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Hill. Tried below before Hon. J. M. Hall. This appeal is from a judgment of conviction for rape, the punishment being assessed at death. The opinion of the court will be found to contain a concise, but very clear, statement of all the facts in the case.
1Opinion of the Court
SIMKINS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of rape, and his punishment assessed at death, from which judgment he appeals to this court.
On the evening of August 22, 1892, appellant, a negro, escorted C. L. Sherrill to his camp, near Hillsboro, where he and his two daughters, aged 13 and 17 years, were staying. Sherrill had been drinking. Some supper and a piece of tobacco were given to appellant, and he left the camp. He was a stranger to Sherrill and his daughters, and was a visitor to Hillsboro. At 2 o’clock in the morning, Ella, the oldest daughter, was aroused from sleep by a man by her bed,…
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