Leach v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Hunt. Tried below before the Hon. H. 0. Norwood. Appeal from a conviction of unlawfully riding on a railroad pass; penalty, a fine of $100 and thirty days confinement in the county jail. The opinion states the case. On question of moral turpitude: Bogus v. State, 114 S. W. Rep., 823; Hanks v. State, 117 S. W. Rep., 150; Winn v State, 54 Texas Crim.
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Appeal from the County Court of Hunt. Tried below before the Hon. H. 0. Norwood. Appeal from a conviction of unlawfully riding on a railroad pass; penalty, a fine of $100 and thirty days confinement in the county jail. The opinion states the case. On question of moral turpitude: Bogus v. State, 114 S. W. Rep., 823; Hanks v. State, 117 S. W. Rep., 150; Winn v State, 54 Texas Crim. Rep., 538; Spiller v. State, 61 id., 566; Brown v. State, 56 id., 392; White v. State, 57 id., 196. On question of supporting testimony: Reddick v. State, 35 Texas •Crim. Rep., 463; Clark v. State, 36 id., 179;…
1Opinion of the Court
PRENDERGAST, PRESIDING Judge.
Appellant was convicted for unlawfully using the pass of another to travel free on one of the railroads in the State.
Appellant has a bill of exceptions, which shows that he testified in the case-; that, on cross-examination, for the purpose of impeaching him, he was asked bv the State if he had not been indicted in Newton County for a felony. He first answered he did not remember. Thereupon the State’s counsel asked him if it was not a fact that he was indicted for cattle theft in said county, convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for two years and served…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Mitchell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1895
- Oates v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912
- Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1897
- Reddick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1896
- English v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1895
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