Case Name: Geo. H. Bradshaw v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1905-12-20
Citations: 49 Tex. Crim. 165
Docket Number: No. 3297
Parties: Geo. H. Bradshaw v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 49
Pages: 165–166

Head Matter:
Geo. H. Bradshaw v. The State.
No. 3297.
Decided December 20, 1905.
Rape—Corpus Delicti—Confession.
On trial for rape of a child under the age of 15 years, where the corpus delicti was proven, a confession of the defendant is sufficient to sustain a conviction; especially where other evidence supports the confession.
Appeal from the District Court of Williamson. Tried below before Hon. V. L. Brooks.
Appeal from a conviction of rape; penalty, five years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
The opinion states the case.
H. N. Groves & D. S'. ChessTier, for appellant.
Howard Martin, Assistant Attorney-General, for the State.

Opinion:
BROOKS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted for rape, upon a child under the age of 15 years, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of five years.
He confessed to the crime, in the presence of several parties. The evidence shows that proscutrix gave birth to a child. The testimony for the State shows that at the time of the rape prosecutrix was 14 years of age. We have heretofore held that where the corpus delicti is proven, a confession is of sufficient cogency to connect the party making the confession with the murder; and therefore sufficient evidence to support the conviction. Gallegos v. State, 12 Texas Ct. Rep., 792; Attaway v. State, 35 Texas Crim. Rep., 403. We think the evidence, in addition to the above, shows a certain character of association of prosecutrix with defendant. Upon one occasion her mother on returning home, found appellant talking to prosecutrix.
[Motion for rehearing overruled without written opinion.—Reporter.]
The record contains various bills of exceptions, but under the qualifications and statements of the court, we do not think any of them present any error requiring a reversal, or that require us to review them. Ho error appearing in the record, the judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed.