Bryce v. State

The record discloses that Bryce was accused under the Penal Code, § 220. Mrs. Sheffield, the prosecutrix, and Bryce, the defendant, claimed certain land under deeds made by a common grantor. The prosecutrix claimed she had no notice of the deed to the defendant when she purchased the land. The defendant’s statement and evidence tended to show that she did have such notice. The evidence for the State was to the contrary, and also showed that Mrs. Sheffield and her immediate grantor had lived upon the land for nearly seven years before the trespass complained of was committed. Just prior to the…