Cox v. State

316 S.W.2d 891 (1958)

James E. COX, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 29634.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 18, 1958.

Polk Shelton, Douglass D. Hearne, Austin, Cofer & Cofer, by John D. Cofer, Austin, for appellant.

Les Procter, Dist. Atty., Austin, David S. McAngus, Asst. Dist. Atty., Austin, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

DAVIDSON, Judge.

This is a conviction for consenting to accept a bribe, with punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary.

The charge, as laid in the indictment, was to the effect that appellant, as a member of the House of…