Turner v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Parker. Tried below before Hon. J. W. Patterson. Appeal from a conviction of forgery; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the District Court of Parker. Tried below before Hon. J. W. Patterson. Appeal from a conviction of forgery; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. Ho general statement of the facts of the case is necessary, After the case was affirmed on appeal, December 18, 1901, appellant filed a motion for rehearing, “because the court erred in not considering and in not reversing the judgment of the lower court on account of the error set forth and shown in "appellant’s supplemental assignment of error, which said assignment is as follows: ‘The verdict of the jury and the…
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of forgery, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for. a term of two years.
Error is assigned because the court overruled appellant’s motion1 for continuance for want of the testimony of R. L. Turner, father of appellant. The application shows that he expected to prove by his father, who resided at the time of the trial in the Indian Territory, that he gave appellant authority to sign the name of S. L. Turner to the note upon which forgery is predicated in this case. So diligence is shown to secure the attendance of said witness.…
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