Legal Opinion
Dixon v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided July 1, 1877Published
Appeal from the District Court of Robertson. Tried below before the Hon. S. Ford. The case is disclosed in the opinion. The testimony expected from the absent witness, Smith, is embodied in the fourth head-note.
1Opinion of the CourtEctor, P. J.
Dixon, the defendant, was indicted, tried, and convicted in the district court of Robertson county for the theft of a gold breast-pin, set with a diamond, of the value of $80, and his punishment assessed at three years' confinement in the penitentiary
He assigns the following errors committed by the lower court on his trial, viz. :
*532“ 1st. The court erred in overruling defendant’s objections-to the manner of organizing the jury, as will fully appear by reference to bill of exceptions.
“ 2d. The court erred in overruling defendant’s objections to the evidence introduced by the state, as will…
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