Legal Opinion
Tennel v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided December 22, 1915No. 3868PublishedCited by 8 opinions
Appeal from, the Criminal District Court of Harris. Tried below before the Hon. C. W. Eobinson. Appeal from a conviction of rape upon a female under the age of consent; penalty, death. The opinion states the ease. Cited cases in opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
HARPER, Judge.
“This is an appeal from a conviction assessing the death penalty for rape. The indictment is as follows:
“ ‘In the name and by authority of the State of Texas.
“‘The grand jury of Harris County, State of Texas, duly organized at the August term, A. D. 1915, of the Criminal District Court of said county, in said court, at said term, do present that Henry Tennel on the 2nd day of September, A. D. 1915, in said county and State, did have carnal knowledge of Wilmay Claybourn, a female, then and there under the age of fifteen years and then and there not being the wife of the said…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Munger v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909
- Zunago v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
- Fowler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912
- McCormick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
- Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1915
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Gephart v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1952
- Foley Ford Gephart v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- James v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
- Calanchi v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1960
- Studer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1954
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