Harris v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Appellant is under conviction for the theft of an automobile with punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

We find it unnecessary to state the facts. They show beyond question appellant’s guilt.

Accused sought a suspended sentence and introduced a number of witnesses who testified to his good reputation. Appellant testified that he was wounded in the late war and his eyes were hurt; that he was gassed at St. Mihiel and was in the hospital for some time. Upon the issue of suspended sentence he offered to testify further that he enlisted in 1917 and was…