Johnson v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Cooke. Tried below before the Hon. J. A. Carroll. The appellant was indicted and convicted of the theft of' •a beef steer, and his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary.
1Opinion of the CourtWhite, J.
On the trial in the court below the prosecuting attorney offered in evidence the testimony of one Adding-ton, which had been taken and reduced to writing at an investigation of this case in the examining court held by a justice of the peace before the finding of the indictment. The witness Addington was dead. In regard to his testimony an agreement had been entered into between the counsel for the state and the defendant, as follows: “We agree that the following is the testimony of Nathan Adding-ton, a witness for the state in the above numbered and entitled cause, which was taken before…
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