Jones v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Fayette County of incest, and his punishment fixed at ten years in the penitentiary.

Appellant’s daughter testified against him setting forth fully the fact that he had been guilty of carnally knowing her and that from that intercourse a child was born about seven months later. A physician testified to the fact that said girl gave birth to a child which was born dead and appeared to be of about seven months development. There was some testimony to the effect that subsequent to-the filing of a complaint against appellant and for…