Nicks v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of horse theft, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of five years; hence this appeal.

When the case was called for trial, appellant suggested to the court, in a written plea, that he had made an agreement with the prosecuting officers to testify in behalf of the State against T. Van Goodrum, George Townsend, and Joe Robinson, who were charged with the theft of the same animal set out in the indictment herein; that, in pursuance of said agreement, he had testified in the case on habeas corpus trial, and before the…