Coombes v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Dallas. Tried' below before the Hon. Q-. N. Aldredge The conviction in this case was for the theft of a cow, the property of G. W. Parsons, in Dallas county, Texas, on the 22d day of January, 1883. A term of two years in the penitentiary was the punishment assessed against the appellant. G. W. Parsons was the first witness for the State. He testified that he lived about fourteen miles west of Dallas, in Dallas county, near Grand Prairie.
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Appeal from the District Court of Dallas. Tried' below before the Hon. Q-. N. Aldredge The conviction in this case was for the theft of a cow, the property of G. W. Parsons, in Dallas county, Texas, on the 22d day of January, 1883. A term of two years in the penitentiary was the punishment assessed against the appellant. G. W. Parsons was the first witness for the State. He testified that he lived about fourteen miles west of Dallas, in Dallas county, near Grand Prairie. Witness and his wife owned cattle • branded JYJ on the left shoulder, side and hip, and his wife owned cattle in another…
1Opinion of the Court
Willson, Judqe.
I. It was not error to permit the State to prove-the general good reputation for truth and veracity of its witness G. W. Parsons., The credibility of this witness had been attacked ■ and put in issue by the defendant, by showing that he was then under indictment for illegally branding horses, and that the defendant wms a witness against him in that prosecution, and that his feelings tow'ard the defendant w-ere unfriendly. This, we think, authorized the State to prove that his general reputation for truth and veracity and integrity was good. (Dixon v. The State, 15 Texas Ct.…
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