Bessett v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from tlie District Court of Wichita. -Tried below before the Hon. E. W. Nicholson. Appeal from a conviction of theft from the person; penalty, two years confinement in the penitentiary. The opinion states tire ease. On question of suspended sentence and charge of the court and verdict: Mills v. State, 168 S. W. Bep., 88; Barker y. State, 158 S. W. Bep., 998.
1Opinion of the Court
PBENDEBGAST, PRESIDING Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction of theft from the person, with the. lowest penalty assessed.
There is no statement of facts. The question to be passed upon is raised bjr a bill of exceptions. It shows substantially that appellant filed no plea seeking a suspended sentence; that, after all the evidence, charge of the court and the argument of the attorneys for both sides, the jury retired to consider their verdict. They all knew that the court did not submit any charge authorizing them to find anything on the subject of suspending the sentence. That, when they…
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