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Goss v. State

Citations

  • 40 Tex. 520

Syllabus

<p>. 1.' It is error in a felony case for the district judge, after the jury has retired, to alter his charge without the consent of the defendant, and for such error alone the case is reversed.</p> <p>3. In prosecutions for rape, where the testimony of the injured party is unsupported by other evidence, it weakens her credit, but how far she is to be believed is left to the jury.</p>

Judges: Reeves

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