Smith v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Jefferson. Tried below before Hon. A. T. Watts. Appeal from a conviction of robbery; penalty, ten years imprisonment in the penitentiary. No statement necessary.
1Opinion of the Court
Conviction of robbery, ten years in the penitentiary being fixed as the punishment.
During the trial, the State offered the stenographer who took down the testimony of John Walker on the former trial. When the stenographer was offered as a witness to reproduce the testimony of John Walker, several grounds of objections were urged. As a predicate for the introduction of this testimony, the State introduced Pollnizz, who stated that he and John Walker had been working together in Jefferson County; that Walker left him sometime prior to the second trial, stating he was going back to North…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cline v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1896
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Millner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913