Armstrong v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from, the District Court of Coleman. Tried below before Hon. J. O. Woodard. This appeal is from a conviction as an accomplice to robbery, the punishment being assessed at five years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from, the District Court of Coleman. Tried below before Hon. J. O. Woodard. This appeal is from a conviction as an accomplice to robbery, the punishment being assessed at five years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment charged that Will Teague and Minden Alexander were the principals, and that appellant, Noah Armstrong, prior to the commission of the crime, advised and encouraged them to commit the same, and prepared arms and aid in the way of pistols, guns, and horses, to be used by Teague and Alexander in the commission of the offense; he, the said Armstrong, not being…
1Opinion of the Court
HURT, Presiding Judge.
Teague and Alexander are charged as principals, Armstrong as an accomplice to the robbery. The State must establish the guilt of the principal. This can be done by such facts as would be competent evidence against him if he were on trial. This rule settles the question against appellant raised in bills of exceptions numbers 1, 2, and 3. Cook, a witness, testified before the examining court. When on the stand, upon this trial, his attention was called to his written evidence taken on examining trial, whereupon he admitted the correctness of his written evidence, stating…
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