Chumley v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appellant was indicted for robbery of one John Bird, and having been convicted at his trial, his punishment was assessed at five "years confinement in the penitentiary.
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Appellant was indicted for robbery of one John Bird, and having been convicted at his trial, his punishment was assessed at five "years confinement in the penitentiary. The circumstances of the robbery are substantially stated by John Bird, the alleged injured party, and were, that he and his brother Jeff went, in a two-horse wagon, with a bale of cotton, to the village of Alvord, on the afternoon of the 28th of October, 1892, and after selling said bale of cotton, they remained in the village until after dark, buying a jug of whisky and some groceries, and that while in the town he saw the…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant and Henry Grantham were separately indicted for the same alleged robbery. When the defendant’s cause was called for trial, it having precedence on the docket, he filed his affidavit, under the terms of the statute, asking that Grantham be first tried. To this Grantham interposed objection, and filed his affidavit asking that defendant be first placed upon trial. They having failed to agree as to the order of trial, the presiding judge ordered the trial of defendant. This was in strict compliance with the statute. Gen. Laws 1887, p. 33.
2. During the same term of the…
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