Jones v. State
Decision Date | 22 January 1913 |
Citation | 153 S.W. 136 |
Parties | JONES v. STATE. |
Court | Texas Court of Criminal Appeals |
Appeal from District Court, Panola County; W. C. Buford, Judge.
Tom Jones was convicted of rape, and he appeals. Reversed and remanded.
J. H. Long and P. P. Long, both of Carthage, for appellant. C. E. Lane, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
This conviction was for rape by force; appellant receiving a term of five years' confinement in the penitentiary.
The only question presented for revision is the sufficiency of the evidence to justify the verdict. The prosecutrix, Lemmie Allison, was shown by the evidence to be over 16 years of age. On the 21st day of October, 1911, appellant came to the home of her father. When she first discovered him, he was "standing on the door block." She turned, and
The mother of the prosecutrix testified that she was in the cotton patch, picking with her husband, Dave Allison, Wm. Powell, and some children. They were about 300 yards from the house.
Dave Allison, the father of prosecutrix, testified in regard to the fact that he and Powell and his wife and some children were picking cotton about 300 yards from the house when his daughter came down there, crying, about 11 o'clock. She told them that Tom Jones had been up there. This witness did not ask his daughter any question about it, but left for the house. He says he did not talk to her about the matter. He says: He denied having a conversation with Mr. Carmichael, a white man, and merchant at Clayton, about two weeks before the grand jury met which indicted appellant for this offense, in which This witness was contradicted by Mr. Carmichael, the white man above mentioned, in accordance with the predicate laid. This was the state's case.
Appellant introduced Seymore Roquemore, who says he saw the defendant on the day indicated about 12 o'clock, going from his father's field in the direction of Mr. Cariker's store. He was in the public road, walking; saw him going down the road, and saw him go by and beyond the house indicated by prosecutrix. The witness says:
A white man by the name of Long testified he was mail carrier from Clayton near where the offense occurred on the day indicated, and left Clayton at 12:10 p. m., and met defendant coming from Cariker's store. It was then about 12:30. He had a conversation with defendant about getting witness some wood. Defendant had a bottle of snuff in his hands, and said he was going home. Appellant...
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