Martin v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Bains. Tried below before the Hon. W. H. Clendenin. Appeal from a conviction for misdemeanor theft; penalty, a fine of $1 and1 ten days imprisonment in the county jail. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was charged with misdemeanor theft, and convicted. Motion for new trial was granted on account of defective pleadings. New pleadings being filed appellant was immediately arrested and placed upon a second trial and again convicted1.
He filed a motion to postpone the case, or rather a motion for a continuance. The substance of the motion is that the case was called for trial the same day upon which the pleadings were filed and the same day appellant was arrested; that he had no time to procure process for witnesses; that he has a good defense to the…
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