Woods v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of McLennan. Tried below before Hon. W. H. Jenkins, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction for threatening to take the life of another; penalty, a fine of $100. There is no statement of facts in the record. The matters pertaining to defendant’s bills of exception are fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of seriously threatening the life of Andy Walters, and fined $100, and he prosecutes this appeal. Appellant’s first bill of exceptions recites that the State’s witness, Frank McCune, testified that he had never heard any threat, but that he had heard other people say that the defendant had threatened the life of Andy Walters. Appellant objected to this testimony, upon the ground that it was purely hearsay, and because rumors of that character were calculated to prejudice the minds of the jury against the ap pellant. The court admitted the testimony.…
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