Archer v. State
This text of 100 S.W. 723 (Archer v. State) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
Appellant was convicted of disturbing Sunday school, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $25. By agreement appellant was tried by a jury. The jury disagreed, and both sides, the State and defense, agreed upon a verdict signed by the majority of the jury. The verdict was so returned and accepted. It seems that four of the jury were for conviction and wrote out and signed a verdict convicting appellant, and assessing his punishment at a fine of $25. Two of the jury wrote out a verdict of acquittal and signed same. In this shape the matter was returned to the consideration of the court, and under agreement of the State and defense the court entered up the judgment of conviction upon a verdict of the four jurors. There is no authority in Texas for less than a full jury rendering a verdict in either a civil or criminal case. This being true, the judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.
Reversed and remanded.
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100 S.W. 723, 51 Tex. Crim. 46, 1907 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 61, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/archer-v-state-texcrimapp-1907.