Johnson v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of theft from the person, her punishment being assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.

There are no bills of exception in the record. Three grounds are set up in the motion for new trial. First, the evidence is not sufficient to justify the conviction; second, the court erred in refusing the defendant time on day of trial to inform -her attorney who had just been employed to get a witness that was material to her defense; and, third, since the trial of this cause she has discovered new testimony which she was unable to secure…