Thomas v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from. Lavaca. Tried below before the Hon. W. H. Burkhart. Thomas was indicted at October term, 1872, of the District Court of Lavaca county, for stealing a plug of tobacco, worth forty cents, from the house of August Weller.
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Appeal from. Lavaca. Tried below before the Hon. W. H. Burkhart. Thomas was indicted at October term, 1872, of the District Court of Lavaca county, for stealing a plug of tobacco, worth forty cents, from the house of August Weller. The plea of insanity was urged on the trial, and the counsel for defendant propounded to two witnesses, Hiram Griffith and W. B. Rhodes, the following questions, viz.: “ If you are acquainted with the mental status of the defendant, state your opportunity for such acquaintance; also state your opinion of his mental capacity at the date of the alleged offense, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Reeves, Associate Justice.
Indictment for theft of one plug of tobacco, of the value of forty cents, alleged to be the property of August Weller, and taken from his store house. Verdict of guilty, and confinement in the penitentiary for two years.
Insanity of the defendant and other defenses were relied upon under the plea of not guilty.
On the trial of the defendant the court refused, on objection made by the district attorney, to permit the witnesses to state to the jury their opinions of the defendant’ s mental capacity at the date of the alleged offense. He also asked the witnesses to state…
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