Dawson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appellant was indicted for burglary - of a railway car, occupied and controlled by one Charles Griffith, with intent to commit theft therefrom of property belonging to said Griffith, and at his trial was convicted, his punishment being assessed at two years imprisonment in the State penitentiary.
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Appellant was indicted for burglary - of a railway car, occupied and controlled by one Charles Griffith, with intent to commit theft therefrom of property belonging to said Griffith, and at his trial was convicted, his punishment being assessed at two years imprisonment in the State penitentiary. When this case was called for trial, the appellant presented his application for a second continuance, in writing, duly sworn to, on account of surprise at the contract made with the State by John Dawson, “whereby the said John Dawson was to testify for the State, and on account of the absence of the…
1Opinion of the Court
SIMKINS, Judge.
Appellant was indicted and convicted of burglary, and his punishment fixed at two years in the penitentiary.
1. Appellant complains that the court erred in overruling his motion for a continuance. As we understand the record, the only evidence of appellant’s connection with the burglary was the evidence of John Dawson, that his uncle, the appellant, was absent from home on the night on which the cars were broken open. While the evidence conclusively shows that appellant was receiving the stolen property as fast as it was stolen from the cars, there is no proof of his personal…
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