Bolden v. State

HARPER, Judge.

This is the second appeal in this case, the opinion on the former appeal being reported in 73 Texas Crim. Rep., 576, 166 S. W. Rep., 503. Hpon this trial appellant was adjudged guilty of murder and his punishment assessed at fifty years confinement in the State penitentiary.

In the first bill of exceptions it is recited that Mr. J. C. Baldwin was permitted to testify that appellant had been working for him at the time of this homicide, and that his reputation was that of a peaceable, law-abiding citizen. After so testifying, the bill states if he had been permitted to do so he…