Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1926

Chase v. State

Chase v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided March 10, 1926 · Lattimore
281 S.W. 844; 103 Tex. Crim. 433; 1926 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 253 (South Western Reporter)

Chase v. State

Opinion of the Court

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction in Criminal District Court of Dallas County of theft; punishment fixed at two years in the penitentiary.

The charge was theft of an automobile. Appellant sought a continuance, but the application is not sufficient on the question of diligence, nor is the absent testimony believed to be true or material in the light of the evidence adduced.

There are four bills of exception, each of which is qualified by the trial court, and as qualified presents no error. In one complaint is made of the remarks of the court to appellant, but the qualification makes plain the fact that the remarks were addressed to appellant in the absence of the jury. In one of the others it is shown by the explanation that most of the matters set up as objected to were introduced without objection. Another bill complains of the asking of appellant while on the witness stand as to the last time he had seen Joe Evans. It is not shown that the question was answered. Evans was the party claimed by appellant to have induced him to take said car, and if connected with the transaction at all would be a co-defendant.

We have considered each ground of objection and believe appellant to have had a fair trial, and that the jury were fully warranted in returning a verdict of guilty.

Finding no error in the record, the judgment will be affirmed.

Affirmed.

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