HOUSMAN v. STATE

No. 24642.

230 S.W.2d 541 (1950)

HOUSMAN v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied June 14, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hughes & Monroe, Dallas, Samuel Donosky, Dallas, for appellant.

Will R. Wilson, Jr., Dist. Atty, Dallas, Waller M. Collie, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Charles S. Potts, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction is for procuring an abortion, the jury having assessed the punishment at five years confinement in the penitentiary.

It is uncontroverted that appellant inserted a rubber tube or catheter into the private parts or womb of the witness Mrs. Mary Jo Daniels for the purpose of and with the intent to produce an abortion, such being the means charged in the indictment.

The proof shows that Mrs. Daniels, the wife of a soldier...

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