Jackson v. State

Citations

• 43 Tex. 421

Syllabus

<p>1. Offering to bribe witness—Evidence.—When an offer to bribe a witness with money is shown on the trial of one charged under Paschal’s Dig., art. 1934, it is not necessary to a conviction that the State should prove that the money was either actually tendered or produced.</p> <p>2. Same.—To sustain a conviction for offering to bribe a witness it is not necessary for the indictment to allege that an indictment had been found for the criminal charge about which it was expected the witness might testify, or that a subpoena or other process had issued for the witness.</p> <p>3. Indictment.—See indictment held sufficient for offering to bribe a witness.</p>