Clements v. State

My Brethren have agreed to a reversal of this case upon the sole proposition that appellant was caused to testify by the State, as shown in bill of exception No. 6, that he deserted from the U. S. Army in 1934; that he was absent without leave after serving in the army about three months; that he then was gone for about seven years; that he returned to the army and was confined at Ellington Field for about three or four weeks. - The appellant had filed an application for a suspended sentence, and he testified on his direct examination relative to his suspended sentence application as follows:

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