JONES v. STATE

No. 25822.

248 S.W.2d 928 (1952)

JONES v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied June 4, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alex Pope, Tyler, James S. Grisham, Dallas, for appellant.

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


DAVIDSON, Commissioner.

Indecent fondling of the person of a female minor is the offense; the punishment, five years in the penitentiary.

That appellant fondled the privates of a four-year-old female is shown by the testimony of at least two disinterested witnesses. The facts warrant the jury's conclusion of guilt.

Appellant insists that the so-called fondling statute, Art. 535d, Vernon's Ann.P.C., is vague and indefinite both as to the offense denounced...

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