Truelove v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Dallas. Tried below before Hon. Charles E. Clint. Appeal from a conviction of theft of money over the value of $50; penalty, five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment charged appellant with the theft of $230, on the 31st day of May, 1902, from-a person to the grand jurors unknown.
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Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Dallas. Tried below before Hon. Charles E. Clint. Appeal from a conviction of theft of money over the value of $50; penalty, five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment charged appellant with the theft of $230, on the 31st day of May, 1902, from-a person to the grand jurors unknown. Briefly stated, the facts proved by the accomplices were, that defendant was running an establishment known as the “Blue Goose,” a saloon. Adjoining the Blue Goose were two rooms, one of which was occupied by Maud Calloway, the kept mistress of Ed…
1Opinion of the Court
HENDEBSOH, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of theft over the value of $50, and given five years in the penitentiary.
Appellant made an application for continuance, which the court overruled, and presented the same grounds in motion for new trial. The action of the court in this regard is assigned as error. The application is based on the absence of "the witnesses Boy Aiden, Hardy, Florence Beynolds, and Dem Barnes. The application shows that defendant was indicted on July 2, 1902, and the case was set down for trial on July 6th. On the 6th defendant made application for process for these…
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