Case ID: sw2d_32/html/0832-01.html
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Author: {"author": "LATTIMORE, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

MALONE v. STATE.
    No. 13710.
    Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
    Nov. 19, 1930.
    Chas. J. Greenly, of San Antonio, for appellant.
    Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.
   LATTIMORE, J.

Conviction for intentionally breaking, pulling down, and injuring telephone wires; punishment, two years in the penitentiary.

We find in the record no statement of facts. Appellant has two bills of exception complaining of the argument of the prosecuting attorney. In the absence of a statement of facts, we are unable to appraise the conw plaint of said argument.

Attention is called to the fact that the judgment adjudged appellant guilty of the offense of “obstructing a telephone line.” Article 1334 of our Penal Code seems to make a distinction between the offense of one who intentionally breaks, cuts, pulls, or tears down telegraph or telephone wire, etc., from that of willfully obstructing or interfering with the transmission of messages along such telegraph'or telephone line. Appellant in this case was charged with the offense stated in the beginning of this opinion, and the court in his charge instructed the jury to find him guilty if they found beyond’ a reasonable doubt that he did willfully and intentionally break, cut, pull, and tear down, etc. The verdict, of the jury was. that they found appellant guilty as charged. It becomes- necessary in this condition of the record for us to reform the judgment and adjudge appellant to be guilty of the offense of intentionally breaking, cutting, pulling, and tearing down telephone wires, posts,' and other machinery necessary to such telephone line, and that he be punished as provided by the verdict of the jury. The sentence will be reformed so as to follow the reformed judgment just above set out.

. As reformed, the judgment will be affirmed.

HAWKINS, J., absent.