Williams v. State

182 S.W. 327, 78 Tex. Crim. 468, 1916 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 14

• Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
• Decided: January 12, 1916
• Docket: No. 3919.
• Status: Published

Opinion

HABPEB, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of burglary, and his punishment assessed at two years confinement in the State penitentiary. Bill No. 1 shows that appellant objected to the “defendant being compelled to testify on cross-examination that be bad been in several States since tbe alleged burglaryEvidence as to flight immediately liter tbe commission of csime is always admissible as a circumstance tending to show guilt. Benavides v. State, 31 Texas, 173; Mathews v. State, 9 Texas Crim. App., 138; Sebastian v. State, 41 Texas Crim. Rep., 248, and cases cited in sec. 350, Branch’s Crim. Law.

The P. B. M. Department Store at Wichita Falls was burglarized on the night of the 19th of May. Melvin Dwight, constable at Childress, was on the train that night and testified he saw appellant and another negro get on the train about a quarter of a mile from the Wichita Falls station, with five grips. Three of these grips and a portion of the-stolen property was afterwards recovered in Fort Worth.

Defendant, in bill No. 2, says, “the court erred in refusing to permit bim to testify to what the other negro told him why the goods were to be placed on the train at the point testified to by the constable. The bill does not disclose what the testimony would have been, therefore we are unable to judge whether or not it would be material, if admissible.

The other bill in the record complains of the failure of the court tc give special charge No. 1, requested by appellant. As it was fully covered by the court in his charge to the jury, there was- no error in refusing to give it.

The judgment is affirmed.

Affirmed.