Tones v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case. The following are the court’s charges to which defendant excepted and as taken from his brief: The court erred in its main charge to the jury, after presenting affirmatively the defendant’s right to arrest, place in jail, and search the prisoner, in attempting to limit and qualify his charge in the following manner: “But in tins connection you are charged that, if you believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, that the defendant, at the…
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The opinion states the case. The following are the court’s charges to which defendant excepted and as taken from his brief: The court erred in its main charge to the jury, after presenting affirmatively the defendant’s right to arrest, place in jail, and search the prisoner, in attempting to limit and qualify his charge in the following manner: “But in tins connection you are charged that, if you believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, that the defendant, at the time of said arrest, had the intent to fraudulently take from the person and possession of the said J. P. Bichards,…
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of robbery, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of nine years; hence this appeal.
The State’s case briefly stated is as follows; H. S. Bich was constable of precinct number 1, at Sherman, and Marion Bichólas was also a resident of Grayson County. Bichólas suspected that some robberies and violations of the local option law were being committed in the city of Denison. He conferred with Bich about the matter, and as a result of their conference, Bich agreed to get a man to see if he could not catch up with the parties…
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