Sexton v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Burnet. Tried below before Hon. W. A. BlackbueN. This appeal is from a conviction for burglary, the punishment assessed being two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. In view of the disposition of the appeal as made in the opinion, it is unnecessary to make a statement of the case.
1Opinion of the Court
SIMKINS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of burglary, and his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary.
This was a case of circumstantial evidence. Appellant undertook to explain each circumstance which in any way tended to show his guilt. He took the stand in his own behalf as a witness, and upon cross-examination, over his objection, was asked whether he had not been indicted in 1890, in Burnet County, for theft of hogs, and whether he had not been indicted for carrying a pistol; and defendant, being compelled by the court, answered he had been indicted with six other persons for…
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