Lawrence v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bastrop. Tried below before the Hon. L. W. Moore. The opinion of this court discloses all material facts. The appellant was found guilty, and his punishment was assessed at five years in the penitentiary.
1Opinion of the CourtWinkler, J.
The 3d error assigned is the overruling of the defendant’s motion for a new trial. The 3d ground set out in the motion is as follows : “ Because the verdict of the jury is contrary to the law and the evidence.”
In testing the evidence as to its legal sufficiency to sustain the verdict, we should bear in mind the charge in the indictment upon which the accused was tried. By reference to the indictment we find it stated that on October 16, 1876, a trial was had in the mayor’s court of the corporation of the town of Bastrop, wherein said corporation was plaintiff and one Oliver Wilkins was…
2Cited by1 opinion
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