Reasoner v. State

On a former day of this term the appeal was dismissed for the want of a sufficient recognizance. Since then appellant has filed a motion to reinstate the appeal accompanied by a corrected recognizance. Therefore, the appeal is reinstated and the case will now be considered and disposed of on its merits.

By bills of exception appellant brings forward a number of complaints. The first relates to the court's action in overruling his motion for an instruction to the jury to acquit him on the ground that the State had failed to prove venue of the offense in Palo Pinto County, as charged in the…