Hicks v. State

MORROW, Judge.

Appellant’s conviction was for robbery, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for five years.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged, nor the charge of the court criticised. A bill of exceptions calls in question the correctness of the court’s ruling with reference to escape and flight by the appellant. Appellant, while testifying as a witness, was asked by State’s counsel if he had not broken jail and run away. The bill shows that objection was made on the ground that the escape and flight inquired about related to an occasion when appellant…