Nelson v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the Criminal District Court of Williamson county of manslaughter, and his punishment fixed at three years in the penitentiary.

Appellant sought a new trial, in part, because he was absent from the court room during some of the proceedings. The motion was contested and the court heard evidence. We think the overruling of said motion not any abuse of the discretion of the learned trial judge. There is no dispute of the fact that if absent, same was voluntary on the part of appellant. He was on bail and is shown by the testimony to have been in the…