O'BRIEN v. State

McDonald, judge.

The appellant was convicted of the offense of Conversion from an Estate, and his penalty was assessed at ten years’ confinement in the State Penitentiary.

Appellant was jointly indicted as a principal with Clem , McClelland, the former Probate Judge of Harris County. After, McClelland had moved the Court to sever, to place O’Brien on trial first, and for a change of venue, the severance was granted arid the appellant was tried alone.,

Gordon Robert von Stroh, a non-resident of Texas, while in police custody committed suicide. After the death of von Stroh, Captain Cecil Priest,…