Spiller v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

—Appellant was convicted of hog theft, his punishment being assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.

1. One of appellant’s witnesses, on cross-examination, over appellant’s objection, was forced to testify that something like fifteen or twenty years ago he was sent to the penitentiary for two years. This matter is made clear by proper bill of exception. This was error. The time is too remote. This question has been frequently before this court. White v. State, 57 Texas Crim. Rep., 196; Brown v. State, 56 Texas Crim. Rep., 389; Hanks v. State, 55 Texas…