The Texas Criminal Reports: Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Criminal Appeals of the State of Texas, Volume 90State of Texas, 1922 - Criminal law |
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... shown that said witness had been indicted or legally charged for theft of said shoes , and that the credibility of said witness could not be at- tacked by showing that he had been merely accused by some indefinite person of such theft ...
... shown that said witness had been indicted or legally charged for theft of said shoes , and that the credibility of said witness could not be at- tacked by showing that he had been merely accused by some indefinite person of such theft ...
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... shown , and there was no reversible error . 15. Same - Indictment - Robbery - Value of Property - Rule Stated . While the indictment in a robbery case need not allege value of the prop- erty taken from the injured party , yet some value ...
... shown , and there was no reversible error . 15. Same - Indictment - Robbery - Value of Property - Rule Stated . While the indictment in a robbery case need not allege value of the prop- erty taken from the injured party , yet some value ...
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... shown and would be shown by other testi- mony that he was not conscious at the time said statement was made . ( 1 ) An examination of said statement as it appears in the record shows it to be in entire accord with the provisions of ...
... shown and would be shown by other testi- mony that he was not conscious at the time said statement was made . ( 1 ) An examination of said statement as it appears in the record shows it to be in entire accord with the provisions of ...
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... shown . There appears no error in the bill of exceptions presenting appel- lant's complaint of the fact that when ... shown in the instant case that appellant was com- pelled against his will to do anything , and that the trial court ...
... shown . There appears no error in the bill of exceptions presenting appel- lant's complaint of the fact that when ... shown in the instant case that appellant was com- pelled against his will to do anything , and that the trial court ...
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... shown to have been employees at the cabaret where the alleged robbery occurred . Leon Wilson , the alleged injured party , seems to have acquired control of said cabaret a few days before the robbery . It thus appears without further ...
... shown to have been employees at the cabaret where the alleged robbery occurred . Leon Wilson , the alleged injured party , seems to have acquired control of said cabaret a few days before the robbery . It thus appears without further ...
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Page 571 - Code provides that a conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice unless it be corroborated by such other evidence as shall tend to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense, and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof...
Page 99 - Neither of the contracting parties shall be bound to deliver up its own citizens or subjects under the stipulations of this Convention.
Page 482 - Nollkamper, and that the defendant then and there knew that said written instrument was forged, then you will find the defendant guilty, as charged in the indictment, and assess his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of not less than two nor more than five years.
Page 99 - ... specified in the following article, committed within the jurisdiction of one of the contracting parties, shall seek an asylum or be found within the territories of the other...
Page 135 - In its motion for rehearing the state urges that the great weight of authority is in favor of the proposition that the burden of proof...
Page 580 - In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. •' Done at the city of Washington this second day of October, AD 1865, and of the Independence of the United States the ninetieth. " ANDREW JOHNSON. " By the President : WILLIAM H. SEWARD,
Page 96 - Britain, he came to this country clothed with the protection which the nature of such proceedings and the true construction of the treaty gave him. One of the rights with which he was thus clothed, both in regard to himself and in good faith to the country which had sent him here, was that he should be tried for no other offense than the one for which he was delivered under the extradition proceedings.
Page 217 - food," as used herein, shall include all articles used for food, drink, confectionery, or condiment by man or other animals, whether simple, mixed, or compound.
Page 258 - If the law is wrong, it ought to be changed; but the power for that is not with us. The arguments addressed to us bearing upon such a view of the subject may perhaps be sufficient to induce those having the power, to make the alteration, but they ought not to be permitted to influence our judgment in determining the present rights of the parties now litigating before us. No argument as to woman's need of suffrage can be considered.
Page 258 - We have given this case the careful consideration its importance demands. If the law is wrong, it ought to be changed; but the power for that is not with us. The arguments addressed to us bearing upon such a view of the subject may perhaps be sufficient to induce those having the power to make the alteration, but they ought not to be permitted to influence our judgment in determining the present rights...