Reed v. State
Decision Date | 06 March 1889 |
Citation | 11 S.W. 372 |
Court | Texas Court of Appeals |
Parties | REED <I>v.</I> STATE. |
Appeal from district court, Williamson county; W. M. KEY, Judge.
Miles Reed appeals from a conviction for assault with intent to rape.
Asst. Atty. Gen. Davidson, for the State.
This conviction was for assault with intent to commit rape. The only issue upon the trial to be determined by the jury was consent vel non. If what the prosecutrix swore was the truth, appellant used the force required in such cases to accomplish his purpose. She is shown, however, not only to have sworn falsely regarding material matters, but her conduct when they were discovered by Dora Cook, upon the hypothesis of rape or assault to rape, was unnatural and inconsistent. The issue being force or consent, — force shown by the evidence of the prosecutrix, and consent strongly presented by the attending circumstances, — we are of opinion that a new trial should have been granted to obtain the newly-discovered evidence shown in the affidavits of Barbara and Alice Brown, Nellie Brown, and Eliza Smith. "Barbara...
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