Christian v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Hopkins. Tried below before Hon. Howard Templeton. Appeal from a conviction for seduction; penalty, three years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment charged that appellant, on the 30th day of March, 1898, did seduce Zena Harper, an unmarried female under the age of twenty-five years, by a promise to marry her, and that by means of said promise he obtained and had carnal knowledge of her.
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Appeal from the District Court of Hopkins. Tried below before Hon. Howard Templeton. Appeal from a conviction for seduction; penalty, three years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment charged that appellant, on the 30th day of March, 1898, did seduce Zena Harper, an unmarried female under the age of twenty-five years, by a promise to marry her, and that by means of said promise he obtained and had carnal knowledge of her. In view of the disposition made of this appeal, a general statement of the evidence, etc., is not required.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant ivas convicted of seduction, and his punishment assessed at three years confinement in the penitentiary, and he appeals.
On the trial, defendant introduced as a witness one Bill Post, and asked him if he knew .the general reputation of the prosecutrix, to which he replied that he knew nothing detrimental to her. He was then asked what parties visited the house of the prosecutrix, to which he replied, “Mac Horton, the Stephens boys, the Culpeper boys.” The witness was then passed, to the prosecution for cross-examination. The State then asked the witness, on…
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