Daugherty v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Leon. Tried below before Hon. J. M. Smtther. This appeal is from a conviction for theft of money over the value of $20, the punishment assessed being two years in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the District Court of Leon. Tried below before Hon. J. M. Smtther. This appeal is from a conviction for theft of money over the value of $20, the punishment assessed being two years in the penitentiary. No statement necessary. — The court erred in forcing the defendant to trial in the absence of his counsel, of the benefit of whose presence and aid defendant was deprived without fault or negligence on his part, and to force him to trial, however apparently plain and clear the case may have been, was under the circumstances a deprivation of his right under the Constitution to be…
1Opinion of the Court
HUBT, Presiding- Judge.
This is a conviction for theft of over $20. When the case was called- for trial on the 9th day of November the State announced “ready,” and Norman G. Kittrell, an attorney of the court, stated that he did not represent the defendant, but that, on account of the sickness of J. J. Dotson, defendant’s counsel, the case should be continued. William Watson stated that he had been requested by Dotson to represent him in the case, but had not been connected with the case nor employed therein. The court announced that he would postpone the case to 1 p. m., and that unless other…
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