Gallagher v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bell. Tried below before Hon. W. A. Blackburn. This appeal is from a conviction for robbery, the punishment being assessed at seven years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The following is substantially the testimony as to the important features of the case: Frank O’Briant, the party robbed, testified, that he reached Temple at noon on Saturday, December 1, 1894, having $23 in his pocket. He went from the train to Mike Glenn’s saloon.
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Appeal from the District Court of Bell. Tried below before Hon. W. A. Blackburn. This appeal is from a conviction for robbery, the punishment being assessed at seven years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The following is substantially the testimony as to the important features of the case: Frank O’Briant, the party robbed, testified, that he reached Temple at noon on Saturday, December 1, 1894, having $23 in his pocket. He went from the train to Mike Glenn’s saloon. There he met defendant, who told him his name was Charles Williams, and wrote it for him on a card. He and defendant staid…
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
The appellant was convicted in the District Court of Bell County under an indictment charging him with robbery, and his punishment assessed at seven years in the penitentiary, and from the judgment and sentence he prosecutes this appeal. >
Several bills of exceptions were reserved, but all that are necessary to be considered involve the question as to the admissibility of the testimony of Mike Glenn. The court permitted the State to prove, over the objections of the defendant, that on the night of the alleged robbery, and a little while before it is said to have occurred, he…
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