Legal Opinion

Cooper v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 28, 1914No. 2927PublishedCited by 12 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was prosecuted and convicted of seduction, and his punishment assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.

The prosecutrix by her testimony makes a plain case of seduction, and corroborated as she is by other testimony and the circumstances in the case, especially that of her sister, Mrs. Tom Smith, we would not feel authorized to disturb the judgment, on the evidence, but would and do hold that it is sufficient to sustain the verdict, and this contention is overruled. It is true that appellant testifies positively that he was never engaged to be married to…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. Jackie Vance Lowery v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
  2. State v. CardallUtah Supreme Court · 1999
  3. State v. LeaperSupreme Court of Kansas · 2010
  4. Stroehmer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
  5. Bridewell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1938

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