Slawsom v. State

Citations

• 7 Tex. Ct. App. 63

Syllabus

<p>1. Continuance — Severance. — The Code authorizes a severance of defendants to enable one to obtain the testimony of the other, by a prior trial and acquittal of the latter; but this provision is based on the idea that there is no evidence against the party to be first tried, and does not contemplate that if he is convicted, and appeals, the other shall be entitled to a continuance until the appeal shall be determined.</p> <p>2. Pleading. — The rulings in Copping v. The State, ante, p. 61, referred to with approval.</p>