Adams v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Marion. Tried below before the Honorable R. T. Wilkinson. Appeal from a conviction of rape; penalty, imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion
ON REHEARING.
June 29, 1923.
HAWKINS, Judge.
— A true copy of the venire under certificate of the clerk and seal of the court was served upon appellant as provided by Article 672, C. C. P. The complaint is that no precept was is sued to the sheriff directing him to serve the copy as provided in Article 671, C. C. P. We have again reviewed the question at appellant’s request. There is no doubt in our minds as to the soundness of our former opinion upon the point. The purpose of those articles is that a true and authentic copy of the venire be in the hands of the accused in time for him to make…
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