Brown v. State

ON STATE’S MOTION FOR REHEARING.

MORROW, Presiding Judge. —

In Webster’s New International Dictionary, the word “juxtaposition” is defined as follows.: “A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity; or side by side;'as a juxtaposition of words.”

As indicated in the State’s brief, the expression has been used in several decisions of this State, notably Baldwin v. State, 31 Texas Crim. Rep., 589; Cabrera v. State, 56 Texas Crim. Rep., 141; Davis v. State, 267 S. W., 513. In the Baldwin case, supra, which is stressed by counsel for the State, the facts are as follows:

“The missing hogs were…