English v. State

ON REHEARING,

June 18, 1919.

MORROW, Judge.

When the witness Tom Mooney disclaimed recollecting the occurrences on his appearance before the grand jury and by reason thereof, the State successfully laid the predicate for impeaching him. Fuller v. State, 30 Texas Crim. App., 559. State’s counsel, however, pressed the witness in an effort to secure from him an admission that in his testimony before the grand jury he had made false statements and sought and obtained opportunity to correct them. In this the State also succeeded in part. In pressing the matter when the witness insisted that his…