Young v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Brazos. Tried below before Hon. J. C. Scott. Appeal from a conviction of theft; penalty, six years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The appellant was jointly indicted with J. W. Dunlap, in Grimes County, in two cases, one for burglary and one for theft in the same transaction, committed in Grimes County. He agreed with the District Attorney, for his personal immunity from prosecution, to turn' State’s evidence against Dunlap.
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Appeal from the District Court of Brazos. Tried below before Hon. J. C. Scott. Appeal from a conviction of theft; penalty, six years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The appellant was jointly indicted with J. W. Dunlap, in Grimes County, in two cases, one for burglary and one for theft in the same transaction, committed in Grimes County. He agreed with the District Attorney, for his personal immunity from prosecution, to turn' State’s evidence against Dunlap. This agreement was sanctioned by the court, and both cases were dismissed on motion of the District Attorney in Grimes County; but the…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of theft of money in excess of $50, the penalty assessed being six years in the penitentiary.
When the case was called for trial, appellant interposed what is termed a “plea in bar” of the prosecution. This is based upon an agreement had in Grimes County with the district attorney of that district— that county being in a different judicial district from Brazos County. This plea avers that appellant and one Dunlap were charged by the grand jury of Grimes County with burglary and theft, the theft being committed at the time of the burglary. The…
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