Ring v. State

The appellant, with Horace Bell and Wm. E. Jones, were jointly indicted, in the District Court of Harris county, at the August term, 1874, charged with robbery from the person of James Highlander. Hnder the Act of March 16, 1874, Bell obtained a severance, and the District Attorney having dismissed as to Jones, the defendant, Ring, was put upon his trial, which resulted in his conviction, his punishment being assessed by the jury at seven years in the penitentiary. The motion of defendant for a new trial being overruled, the defendant appealed, and presents eight assignments of error as…