Hunt v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Jones. Tried below before Hon. J. V. Cockrell. The indictment charged the appellant as an accomplice to cattle theft. His trial resulted in conviction, and his penalty was fixed by the' jury at .a term of two years in the penitentiary. Ho question of proof on the trial is involved in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
White, Presiding Judge.
By the first section of the Act of the-¡Legislature approved April 4, 1889, with regard to the evidence in criminal actions, and repealing the fourth subdivision of article 730 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, it is provided “ that hereafter any defendant in a criminal action shall be permitted to testify in his own behalf therein, but the failure of any defendant to so testify shall not be taken .as a circumstance against him, nor shall the same be alluded to or commented on by counsel in the cause.” Gen. Laws 21st Leg., p. 37.
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