Dimry v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Defendant testified as a witness, and over his objections the court permitted the State to elicit from him the following statement in answer to questions propounded to him on his cross-examination, viz: “The reason that my head is tied up is because I got knocked in the head this morning. I had some trouble with a man they told me was Bolivar Williams. That he gave Bolivar Williams a ten-dollar bill after buying some goods and he only gave him change back for five.
Read the full summary
Defendant testified as a witness, and over his objections the court permitted the State to elicit from him the following statement in answer to questions propounded to him on his cross-examination, viz: “The reason that my head is tied up is because I got knocked in the head this morning. I had some trouble with a man they told me was Bolivar Williams. That he gave Bolivar Williams a ten-dollar bill after buying some goods and he only gave him change back for five. I told Mr. Williams I gave him .a ten-dollar bill and he told me I didn’t. I told Mm I didn’t want him to beat me out of my…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSOFT, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of an assault with intent to murder, and his punishment assessed* at two years confinement in the penitentiary.
Bills of exception numbers 1 and 2 were reserved to the action of the court permitting the State to prove by defendant that on the morning preceding the trial he had a personal difficulty with one Bolivar Williams over a small financial transaction in which Williams had sold him some goods, and in which he had accused Williams of trying to cheat him in making change, the details of which are given in bill number 2. Bill number 1 was…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Miller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1893
- Trotter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1896
- Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1897
3Cited by7 opinions
- Waldo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
- Hunt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
- Glover v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1934
- Bowman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
- Chester v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1927
2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.