Bacon v. State

HAWKINS, Presiding Judge.

Conviction is for robbery by assault, punishment, being five years in the penitentiary. The indictment charged that appellant robbed Fred Crawford of $436.00.

Robert Chastain was separately indicted for the same offense Appellant filed a motion for severance asking that Chastain be tried first. The motion was granted; Chastain was tried and acquitted, and appellant used him as a witness in the present trial.

Upon the trial appellant sought to prove the fact of Chastain’s acquittal. It is well established as a general rule that upon the trial of one charged with crime it…