Darnaby v. State

BERRY, Judge.

The appellant was convicted in the district court of Bosque County for the offense of manufacturing liquor and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of two years.

Appellant contends that the trial court erred in admitting in evidence the written statement made by the State’s witness Jim Lowe to the special prosecutor before the trial began and also admitting statements of the same witness made to the private prosecutor and other officers privately and in the absence of the defendant.

The witness Jim Lowe was the first witness called by the State and…