Woodson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Polk. Tried below before Hon. L. B. Hightower. Appeal from a conviction for illegal voting at a general election; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the District Court of Polk. Tried below before Hon. L. B. Hightower. Appeal from a conviction for illegal voting at a general election; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The evidence is substantially as follows: The State’s witness Lyle testified: “I knew James Woodson in No veinber, 1896. I was clerk at the election in Leggett precinct, Polk County, Texas, Hovember 3, 1896. That was a general election held for the purpose of electing Governor and various State officers, congressmen, and various district, county, and precinct officers. Defendant came there and…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of illegal voting at a general election.
Error is urged in regard to the action of the court permitting the State to introduce a copy of the judgment of the District Court of Galveston County showing appellant’s conviction of a felony, and the mandate of the Court of Appeals showing the- affirmance of the judgment. This was introduced to show his disqualification to exercise the right of suffrage. Ho bill of exceptions was reserved to this action of the court. It therefore will not be revised.
It is contended that J. A. Vinson was not a…
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