Cline v. State
Decision Date | 25 June 1915 |
Docket Number | (No. 3653.) |
Citation | 178 S.W. 520 |
Parties | CLINE v. STATE. |
Court | Texas Court of Criminal Appeals |
Appeal from District Court, Bexar County; W. S. Anderson, Judge.
Charles Cline was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Reversed and remanded.
Haltom & Haltom, of San Antonio, for appellant. C. C. McDonald, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
This is a companion case to that of Serrato, two Gonzales Cases, and Martinez Case, reported in 171 S. W. beginning on page 1133, and the Vasquez Case, reported in 171 S. W. 1160, and 172 S. W. 225.
In this case appellant was adjudged guilty, and his punishment assessed at imprisonment for life in the penitentiary. Some of the questions raised in those cases are presented in this record, but we do not deem it necessary to discuss them. All the evidence adduced on the trial, in our opinion, was admissible except the book introduced in evidence, which showed that he was a member of the I. W. W. This bill shows:
Appellant objected to the introduction of this testimony on the ground that it does not tend to prove a conspiracy, nor that Ortiz was killed...
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