PRESTON v. STATE

No. 25188.

242 S.W.2d 436 (1951)

PRESTON v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied October 17, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Woodburn, Navasota, for appellant.

George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Commissioner.

Appellant, a Negro, was convicted in the District Court of Trinity County and given the death penalty for the offense of rape, alleged to have been committed in Walker County, the alleged victim being a 44-year-old white woman, who was married and the mother of two children, one about grown.

The indictment was returned by a Walker County grand jury, and the venue was changed by the court on his own motion to Trinity County, another county...

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