Boone v. State

MORROW, Judge.

The appeal is from a conviction for robbery with punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for ten years.

It appears from a bill of exceptions that the appellant took the stand and testified in his own behalf, though the purport of his testimony is not embraced in the bill nor is the record accompanied by a statement of facts. Compaint is made of the refusal of the trial court to permit him, on redirect-examination, to make an explanation of his reasons for having pleaded guilty of embezzlement in a case in the federal court. The State’s attorney, on his…