Reyes v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

Conviction of assault to murder, with two years in the penitentiary fixed as the penalty. Bills of exception numbers 1 and 2 show that the court permitted the district attorney to impeach the State witness. This can not be done unless the witness has testified to something injurious to the State. The bills do not show that the witness had so testified—in fact do not show what he testified. The bills are defective in this regard. Be this as it may, this character of testimony is admissible; and we -say this in view of the fact that the case must be reversed, and the question may…