Zysman v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Tarrant. Tried below before Hon. M. B. Harris, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction of theft of property under the value of $50; penalty, a fine of $350, and sixty days imprisonment in the county jail. The indictment charged appellant with the theft of nine rings of the value of $30, and one pistol of the value of $5, belonging to, and from the possession of, H. Brodky.
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Appeal from the County Court of Tarrant. Tried below before Hon. M. B. Harris, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction of theft of property under the value of $50; penalty, a fine of $350, and sixty days imprisonment in the county jail. The indictment charged appellant with the theft of nine rings of the value of $30, and one pistol of the value of $5, belonging to, and from the possession of, H. Brodky. Brodky was a pawnbroker and defendant worked for him as his clerk a month or so and then notified him that he was going to Dallas, where he had a job. On the night before defendant left for…
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted for theft of certain personal property under the value of $50, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $250, and sixty days imprisonment in the county jail. In the view we take of this record, it is only necessary to consider two of appellant’s bills of exception:
Bill number 6 complains that the court permitted various witnesses to testify to the general reputation for truth and veracity of the main prosecuting witness, H. Brodky. It appears in this bill that the evidence shows H. Brodky was not a stranger in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, and in the…
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