Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1934

Knowles v. State

Knowles v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided April 18, 1934 · Morrow
70 S.W.2d 721; 126 Tex. Crim. 259 (South Western Reporter, Second Series)

Knowles v. State

Addendum

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

MORROW, Presiding Judge. —

The offense charged is controlled by the same statutes and legal principles as Knowles v. State, No. 16,694, to whch case reference is here made.

The motion for rehearing is overruled.

Overruled.

Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Presiding Judge. —

The offense is embezzlement;

penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for three years.

The indictment is regular and regularly presented.

The record is before us without statement of facts or bills of exception.

A plea of guilty was entered.

In pronouncing the sentence the court failed to take note of the Indeterminate Sentence Law, (article 775, C. C. P., 1925), under the terms of which the appellant will be condemned to *260 suffer confinement in the penitentiary for a period of not less than two nor more than three years.

As reformed, the judgment is affirmed.

Reformed and affirmed.

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