Lewis v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Tyler. Tried below before Hon. B. E. Moore, County Judge. This appeal is from a conviction for disturbance of religious worship, the punishment assessed being a fine of $25. No statement necessary. No briefs on file with the record.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
The prosecution elicited from appellant, on cross-examination, the fact that he was drinking at the time he disturbed the congregation assembled for religious worship. We are unable to appreciate the force of the objections urged to the admission of this testimony. It threw light upon his mental condition, tended to effect the weight of his testimony, and was the proper subject matter of legitimate inquiry.
Payne testified, that appellant’s conduct “caused general confusion, excitement, and disturbance among the people there assembled.” This was not the opinion of the witness,…
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