Brown v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Harrison. Tried below before the Hon. A. J. Booty. The indictment charged Peter Brown, Sam Mason, Henry Helm, and Bob White with a conspiracy to commit burglary.
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Appeal from the District Court of Harrison. Tried below before the Hon. A. J. Booty. The indictment charged Peter Brown, Sam Mason, Henry Helm, and Bob White with a conspiracy to commit burglary. The charging part of the indictment was as follows : That, on the 19th day of June, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, the said Peter Brown, Sam Mason,' Henry Helm, and Bob White, being persons of evil minds and dispositions, wickedly devising, and intending fraudulently, burglariously, and by force to break and enter, in the nighttime, the store-house of E. H. Newlon and J. K.…
1Opinion of the CourtWinkler, J.
The appellant seeks a reversal of the judgment rendered against him in the district court on the following grounds, to wit:
1st. The court erred in its ruling upon the evidence.
2d. The court erred in allowing the witness Doc Saun-ders to testify, over objections raised by the defendant, Drown.
3d. The court erred in its charge to the jury.
4th. The court erred in overruling defendant’s (Brown’s) motion for a new trial.
5th. The court erred in overruling the motion in arrest of judgment.
Treating these several alleged errors in their order, it is a sufficient response to the 1st of them to say that…
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