Wiley v. State, 26735
Decision Date | 13 January 1954 |
Docket Number | No. 26735,26735 |
Parties | WILEY v. STATE. |
Court | Texas Court of Criminal Appeals |
No attorney on appeal, for appellant.
Wesley Dice, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.
BELCHER, Commissioner.
Appellant was convicted under Art. 535d, Vernon's Ann.P.C., for intentionally attempting to fondle a child's sexual parts, and his punishment was assessed at three years in the penitentiary.
Mrs. Ollie McDaniel testified that she worked at the Howard County Library and that appellant had been coming there about 4 P.M. every day for some time; that about 4 P.M. on March 11, 1953, she received a complaint from some young girls; that she called Sheriff Slaughter, who came to the library and arrested appellant.
Grace Harvey testified that she was twelve years of age; that she went to the Howard County Library on March 6, 1953, to get a book; that on that day she saw appellant behind some of the book shelves in the library, and that he placed his hand on the outside of her dress over her private parts and pushed his hand between her legs.
Appellant's confession was introduced in evidence and was, in part, as follows:
Appellant testified that for about one year he had frequently gone to the Howard County Library. He denied placing his hands on the girl named in the indictment with the intent to fondle her person, but he said the library was 'pretty crowded' and 'I might have, but without intent to do so;' and he further testified that 'It is likely I might have rubbed against them or touched them, but it wasn't intentional.' He further testified that he signed the statement introduced because of promises by the officers that he would be turned loose if he did, and because the officers threatened to send him to the penitentiary if he didn't sign it. The issue of the voluntary nature of the...
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