Legal Opinion

Jackson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 10, 1897No. 1240PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Dallas. Tried below before Hon. Charles P. Clint. Appeal from a conviction for burglary; penalty, three years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. There is no statement of facts nor bill of exceptions in the record. The question is as to the action of the court below in striking out defendant’s “plea of jeopardy.”

1Opinion of the Court

HURT, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of burglary, and given three years in the penitentiary, and appeals. There are eleven grounds set out in the motion for a new trial, specifying the supposed errors of the court committed upon the trial. They relate to the testimony, in one form or another—either in its admission or rejection, or the application of the law thereto in the charge of the court. There is no statement of facts or bill of exceptions in the record. The charge of the court is applicable to a state of case that might be proved under the allegations in the indictment. The…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. Woodward v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1900

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