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244 S.W. 607

Johnson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 1, 1922

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1922-11-01

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently May 1925

1 state decisions

Relies on 49 Tex. Crim. 354 - Chambless v. State

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Decided 1922-11-01

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HAWKINS, J.

¶1Appellant was convicted of adultery, and a fine of $150 assessed against him.

¶2The only bill of exception in the record complains that the state was permitted to ask a certain witness leading questions which are set out in the bill, but there is a total failure to show what answers, if any, were made by the witness. No error is presented. See cases collated under section 10, p. 134, Branch’s Ann. Penal Code.

¶3The sufficiency of the evidence to sup*608port the conviction is questioned. Houston Wilson testified substantially that some time in April, 1921, he rented to appellant some land: that he was living in a house at Seg-uir. at this time with two women, one of whom appellant introduced as his daughter, and the other, Nancy Eopez, he represented to be and introduced as his wife. The three of them then moved to Wilson’s place, and lived there about one week, occupying the same house. Wilson called the woman Nancy, 'Mrs. Johnson, believing her to be appellant’s wife, until he admitted to Wilson that she was not his wife, but that his wife was in Colorado county. During the time appellant was on his place Wilson had occasion to go early one morning to the house occupied by appellant, and saw him and Nancy occupying the same bed. At another time he camped near the house, spending the night, and saw the daughter in one of the rooms by herself, but did not at that time see the other woman in the room with her. Appellant (Nancy) and the daughter, as well as one other witness, denied all the criminative facts testified to by Wilson. They asserted that Nancy was appellant’s housekeeper only, and that she and the daughter occupied one room, while appellant slept in the other. This raised an issue of fact which the jury alone was authorized to settle. If they believed Wilson’s testimony (which evidently they did), it was sufficient to authorize the conviction. Stewart v. State (Tex. Cr. App.) 43 S. W. 979; Counts v. State, 49 Tex. Cr. R. 329, 94 S. W. 220.

¶4The judgment will be affirmed.

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