Grate v. State

5 S.W. 245, 23 Tex. Ct. App. 458, 1887 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 109

Opinion

White, Presiding Judge.

If the testimony of the prosecutrix, Tena Rogers, is credible, then she was ravished by the appellant, and the punishment of five years in the penitentiary is an exceedingly mild one. It was for the jury and the court below to ascertain and pass upon her credibility, and the jury having found a verdict in accordance with her testimony, and the trial court having refused to set it aside, we must conclude that they believed her testimony to be true. If true, the evidence is sufficient.

Only one other question appears of record. Should a new trial have been granted on the ground of newly discovered evidence? The main purpose of the-new testimony, as set out in the affidavits in support of the motion, appears to be to impeach the main State’s witness, the prosecutrix. The rule is well settled that a new trial will not be granted for newly discovered evidence to impeach a witness. (Posey’s Crim. Dig., p. 511, sec. 8128; Templeton v. The State, 5 Texas Ct. App., 398; Duval v. The State, 8 Id., 370; Atkins v. The State, 11 Id., 8; Jackson v. The State, 18 Id., 586.)

Opinion delivered June 8, 1887.

We have found no reversible error in the record in this case, and the judgment is therefore affirmed.'

Affirmed.