Watson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Falls. Tried below before the Honorable Prentice Oltorf. Appeal from a conviction of burglary; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case. On question of charge of accomplice: Baggett v. State, 151 S: W. Rep., 560; Crawford v. State, 34 id., 927, and cases cited in opinion. On question of accomplice testimony: Adams v. State, 141 S. W. Rep., 527. and cases cited in opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
HAWKINS, Judge.
Conviction is for burglary. Punishment two years in the penitentiary.
The indictment charging accused with the offense of burglary was returned into court on June 21, 1920. On October 4th, 1920, appellant filed his affidavit setting up that he was born December 4, 1903, and was therefore under seventeen years of age, and asking that the felony prosecution be dismissed. The record shows no action by 'the court on the motion at that time. On January 31, 1921, appellant filed another affidavit, referring to the former one filed by him, alleging in the latter “that the county…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Campbell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909
- Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909
- Jetty v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
- Standfield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919
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