Christison v. State

PRICE, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for the offenses of forgery and embezzlement. The indictment contained three counts. The conviction was for embezzlement under the second count. Punishment was fixed at five years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

One of the main questions for review on this appeal arises from the trial court’s denial of defendant’s motion for a new trial on the ground of the separation of the jury during the progress of the trial.

The trial began on March 12, 1956, and ended on March 15, 1956. The jury was allowed to go to their respective homes on the nights of March 12th,…