Clements v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The appeal is from a conviction for cattle theft with a sentence of three' years in the penitentiary.

The indictment alleges the theft of a cow from S. G. Bruce in Hall County on the 5th day of September, 1939. The record is before us with several bills of exception, neither of which will be discussed in detail except No. 7 which, we think, presents error.

Much attention is given to an effort to impeach appellant as a witness in his own behalf, by proof of a statement of his brother made in the presence of appellant while in the jail building in Hobart, Oklahoma. After serving…