Roberts v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from.the District Court of Milam. Tried below before Hon. JOHN N. HENDERSON.' Appellant was indicted for fraudulently and privately taking a. watch of the value of $10 from the person and possession of one D. K. Donovan. At his trial he was convicted, punishment being assessed at a term of two years in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from.the District Court of Milam. Tried below before Hon. JOHN N. HENDERSON.' Appellant was indicted for fraudulently and privately taking a. watch of the value of $10 from the person and possession of one D. K. Donovan. At his trial he was convicted, punishment being assessed at a term of two years in the penitentiary. Theverdictof the jury was' as follows: “We, the jury, find the defendant guilty as charged in the indictment, and assess his punishment at conprisonment in the State penitentiary for the term of two years. — J. D. Peoples, Foreman.” In substance, the evidence shows that…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
This conviction was for theft from the person, and the punishment assessed at two years’ confinement in the penitentiary. The sufficiency of the verdict is called in question. As found in the record, the verdict reads as follows: “We, the jury, find the defendant guilty as charged in the indictment, and assess his punishment at conprisonment in the State penitentiary for the term of two years.” The original verdict is found in the record, but, if identified so that we could consider it, we find the very word “confinement” or “conprisonment” too badly torn to be able to form…
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