Jones v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Throckmorton. Tried below before Hon. C. P. Woodeuee. On a trial under an indictment for burglary, appellant was found guilty, with his punishment affixed at a term of six years in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the District Court of Throckmorton. Tried below before Hon. C. P. Woodeuee. On a trial under an indictment for burglary, appellant was found guilty, with his punishment affixed at a term of six years in the penitentiary. There is but a single question upon which the case was decided upon appeal, and the facts pertaining to that question having been sufficiently stated in the opinion, it is unnecessary to give any further statement of the facts adduced at the trial.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of burglary, and his punishment assessed at six years in the penitentiary.
During the trial, the witness Ham testified in behalf of the State. Defendant suggested the incompetency of the witness, because of a felony conviction, and supported his objection by evidence to the effect that he had been adjudged guilty of the same offense for which defendant was then being tried. The court overruled the objection, and permitted the witness to testify.
The position, that a party becomes a convict alone because of the entry of judgment upon a verdict assessing a…
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