Williams v. State

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is incest; the punishment, 8 years.

The indictment alleged that the appellant, on or about December 12, 1962, did unlawfully and incestuously, carnally know and have carnal knowledge of his daughter.

The daughter named in the indictment was the principal state’s witness. The court correctly instructed the jury that she was an accomplice and that her testimony required corroboration.

She testified that she was 17 years old and was the daughter of the appellant; that she had sexual intercourse with him at their home in El Paso on December 12, 1962, and on many…