Burleson v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of theft from the person alleged to have been committed so suddenly as not to allow time to make resistance, and his punishment was assessed as confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of three years.

Bill of exception number one reflects the following occurrence. Appellant filed a motion for a change of venue supported by his affi davit and that of his mother and his wife as compurgators. It appears that this application for a change of venue was controverted by the State on the ground that the affiants cannot be deemed proper…