Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1934

Knowles v. State

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

Knowles v. State

Opinion of the Court

MOEROW, 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, as amended by Acts 1931, c. 207, § 1 [Vernon’s Ann. C. C. P. art. 775]), under the terms of which the appellant will be condemned to suffer confinement in the penitentiary for a period of not less than two nor more than three years. • •

As reformed, the judgment is affirmed.

070rehearing

On Motion for Eehearing.

• The offense charged is controlled by the same statutes and legal principles as Knowles v. State (Tex. Cr. App. No. 16,694) 70 S.W.(2d) 720, to which case reference is here made.

The motion for rehearing is overruled.

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