Greer v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

—Appellant was convicted for the crime of incest with his own daughter. Punishment was assessed at ten years confinement in the penitentiary.

No statement of facts accompanies the record. In his motion for new trial appellant avers that the jury was guilty of misconduct in that (a) they discussed and deliberated upon the guilt of appellant before the evidence was concluded, and referred to and discussed the proposition as to whether appellant would go upon the witness stand in his own behalf, and (b) that the jury without any evidence upon the subject .closely observed the…