Legal Opinion

Parnell v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 15, 1922No. 6536Published

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

— The offense is seduction; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of seven years.

Appellant was indicted in November, 1920, and the date of the offense was laid on the 21st day of September, 1919. The prosecutrix, at the time of the trial in May, 1921, was twenty-one years of age. Her association with the appellant began about the middle of August, 1919. TIis visits occurred two or three times a week. They became engaged in the 31st day of August, 1919, The first act of intercourse took place on the 21st of September, 1919. These matters were…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Adams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
  2. James v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
  3. Wisdom v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1903
  4. McCoy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922

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