Tuberville v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Walker. The appellant was indicted for the crime of incest with liis own daughter, and found guilty. There was but one witness to support the charge. He testified that lie overheard a conversation between the accused and his (accused’s) wife, sometime in December, 18-18, in which tlie accused said to his wife that she had stated that he had been with Sarah. She replied that she had said so, and asked him if he had not been with her. He ¡vii:l he hail.
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Appeal from Walker. The appellant was indicted for the crime of incest with liis own daughter, and found guilty. There was but one witness to support the charge. He testified that lie overheard a conversation between the accused and his (accused’s) wife, sometime in December, 18-18, in which tlie accused said to his wife that she had stated that he had been with Sarah. She replied that she had said so, and asked him if he had not been with her. He ¡vii:l he hail. She asked him what made him do so, and also said to him, ‘•Did you not know you would ruin yourself, her. and your family.” lie…
1Opinion of the CourtLipscomb, J.
The appellant was indicted for the crime of incest with his •own daughter, and foijnd guilty. He appealed to this court, and asks a reversal of the judgment—
1st. Because (iie court belo'w erred in overrulingdiis motion for a new trial.
2(1. The court, erred in tile charge to the jury.
The charge contained in the indictment was so shocking to the moral sense ■of every civilized being, so degrading and humiliating to human nature, reducing man from his boastful superiority of a moral, rational being to a level with the brutal creation, that our pride and respect for our species would not allow us…
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