Payton v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Dallas. Tried below before Hon. Charles F. Clint. Tbis appeal is from a conviction for theft of property over the value of $50, the punishment being assessed at two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment charged that, defendant fraudulently took from Doda Lennox, one necklace, of the value of $10; one locket, of the value of $150, and $6.50 in money.
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Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Dallas. Tried below before Hon. Charles F. Clint. Tbis appeal is from a conviction for theft of property over the value of $50, the punishment being assessed at two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment charged that, defendant fraudulently took from Doda Lennox, one necklace, of the value of $10; one locket, of the value of $150, and $6.50 in money. Miss Doda Lennox testified, that she lived in DeKalb, Texas, and was going to school in Granburry. She visited the fair in Dallas, and on the 16th of October, went into Goggin’s mxisic…
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of the theft of personal property over the value of $50, and his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary, and from the judgment and sentence of the lower court he prosecutes this appeal. Appellant made a motion for a continuance, which was overruled, and he saved an exception thereto. He also brought the same matter forward in a motion for a new trial, which was overruled by the court, and he reserved his exception. Appellant shows that he had subpoenas issued for A. G. Holt, Will C. Faught, and one Howard, all residents of Dallas County,…
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