Barton v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

Conviction is for robbery; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for ten years.

The evidence is sufficient to show that the appellant committed the act of robbery.

Preliminary to the proceeding with the trial the appellant sought to read to the jury an affidavit made by the mother of appellant stating that he was insane and had been twice adjudged a lunatic and placed in the asylum. This was not for the purpose of having the question of present insanity tried. The law makes provision to protect insane persons against punishment for crime during the…