Burke v. State

1. The accused was convicted of larceny from the house, stealing cottonseed. A witness swore on direct examination: “ I am the constable of the justice court of the 601st district, G-. M., said county. On the —- day of September, 1920, I levied a justice-court fi. fa. issued from the justice court of the 601st district G-. M., this county, in favor of Joseph A. Rhodes against John Will Burke. I levied it on sixty bushels of short staple cottonseed. I took the seed into my possession by my levy.” On cross-examination this witness swore: “ I was made a constable of this district by Uncle Joe…