Dancy v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Colorado. Tried helow before Hon. M. Kennon. Appeal from a conviction of embezzlement; penalty, two years, imprisonment in the penitentiary. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSOÍT, Judge;
Appellant was convicted of embezzlement, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for two year's, and he appeals.
Appellant made an application for continuance, based on the absence of his wife, Lottie Dancy. He alleged that he expected to prove by her that 'Miller, the prosecutor, agreed to take a deed to the homestead of defendant and his wife for the money which defendant is charged' to have embezzled; that she refused to sign the deed, and that then said Miller agreed to take 100 tons of hay; that she would further testify that the money which…
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