Jones v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

This conviction is for violation of Art. 1379 P.C. in cutting merchantable timber; the punishment five years in the penitentiary.

Appellant is the same Earl Jones whose probation of a prior six year sentence was revoked, the revocation being upheld by this court in Jones v. State, No. 26,165, 261 S.W. (2d) 317. The commission of the offense here charged was the basis of such revocation.

No effort was made to cumulate the present sentence with the former sentence, and it appears doubtful that appellant will profit from a reversal hereof. He, however, is entitled to have the…