Hinson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The charge on the accomplice was as follows; “* * * You are instructed that a conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice unless the same is corroborated by other evidence tending to connect the defendant with the offense committed, and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense, etc. * * *” The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of accomplice to forgery, and his punishment assessed at three years confinement in the penitentiary.
Appellant filed a motion to quash the indictment, first on the ground that same shows two dates as to the organization of the grand jury, to wit: July Term A. D. 1690, and 1906, and second, because the first part of the indictment which charges forgery has the words, “Against the peace and dignity of the State” between said allegation of forgery and portion of the indictment which charges accomplice to forgery. The second count of the indictment which…
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