Legal Opinion

Hollingsworth v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 5, 1917No. 4531PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from District Court, Coryell County ; J. H. Arnold, Judge. Alfred Hollingsworth was "convicted of incest, and he appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtMorrow, J.

Appellant was convicted of incest with Cassie Dunn, Ms niece. The act of intercourse was sharply controverted. Cassie Dunn, who was a member of the family of the • appellant, on the trial testified that she gave birth to a child on the 29th day of October, 1914; that appellant was the father of the child. In her testimony it was developed that on the first trial of appellant she denied the intercourse with appellant, and testified that Henry Dollins was the father of her child; that on the second trial she again denied intercourse with appellant, and denied that the other named by her on the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

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  3. Rudd v. RoundsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1892
  4. Battles v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
  5. Bradshaw v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1917

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