Legal Opinion

Thompson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 23, 1918No. 5113PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

—Appellant was charged with the theft of forty" bushels of wheat of the value of ojie hundred dollars from T. A. Cole.

A bill of exceptions recites an application of appellant for a continuance or postponement. This application shows that when he offered his witness Sexton it developed he had been convicted of a felony and served a term in the penitentiary, but had been pardoned. It is shown that the witness did not have his pardon'with him, hut that it was in Mills County. Appellant also swore in his application that he was unaware of this condition of his witness,…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1929
  2. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
  3. Pearson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1933

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