Butler and Jones v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

— The offense is swindling, a felony; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

J. C. Raymond v. the State, 116 Texas Crim. Rep., 595, 33 S. W. (2d) 192, delivered October 8, 1930, deals with a companion case. Appellants and Raymond were jointly indicted by the grand jury of Shackelford County. After severance, Raymond was tried and convicted. Thereafter appellants were jointly tried in Taylor County, the court having entered an order changing the venue. The witnesses testifying in Raymond’s case gave substantially the same testimony on the trial of…