Rummel v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court of Frio. Tried below before the Hon. D. P. Marr. The indictment charged the appellant and Manuel Ingle, jointly, with the theft of a calf, the property of one, L. J. W. Edwards, in Frio county, Texas, on the twenty-ninth day of April, 1885. A severance being awarded, the appellant was placed upon his trial, was convicted, and awarded a term of two' years in the penitentiary. J. M. Brooks was the first witness for the State.
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Appeal from District Court of Frio. Tried below before the Hon. D. P. Marr. The indictment charged the appellant and Manuel Ingle, jointly, with the theft of a calf, the property of one, L. J. W. Edwards, in Frio county, Texas, on the twenty-ninth day of April, 1885. A severance being awarded, the appellant was placed upon his trial, was convicted, and awarded a term of two' years in the penitentiary. J. M. Brooks was the first witness for the State. He testified, in substance, that for about a month prior to April 19, 1885, a certain cow, branded LDE, and her red calf seven or eight months…
1Opinion of the Court
Hurt, Judge.
Appellant and Manuel Ingle were jointly indicted for the theft of a calf, the property of L. J. W. Edwards, and upon severance appellant was placed upon trial and convicted.
Both parties called for the 66 rule,” and the witnesses were sworn and placed thereunder. One Huckols, who was in attendance on the court as a juror, was present at the trial, heard the testimony of Mrs. Rummel, a witness for defendant, and informed counsel for defendant, while she was testifying or just after she had finished, that he knew some material facts in connection with her testimony. Counsel for…
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