Cockrell v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appea.l from the County Court of Coryell. Tried below before the Hon. 6. E. Johnson. Appeal from a conviction of knowingly enticing a minor away from the custody of his parents; penalty, a fine of $50. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
HARPER, Judge.
The appellant was prosecuted and convicted under article 1047 of the Penal Code, which provides that if any person shall knowingly entice any minor away from the custody of the parent he shall be punished by a fine of not less than $25 nor more thán $200.
The evidence in this case would show that appellant is a young lady nineteen years of age, and that she lived with her father Simon Cockrell; that her uncle Henry Cockrell had a girl named Edna, eighteen years of age; that these girls associated with each other and were cousins and intimate as friends. Edna is the girl whom…
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