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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Granville WILCOXSON v. STATE.
    (No. 10340.)
    (Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
    June 23, 1926.
    Rehearing Denied Oct. 20,1926.)
    Commissioners’ Decision.
    Appeal from District Court, Collin County; P. E. Wilcox, Judge.
    Ployd Harry, of Farmorsville, and Hughston & Neilson, of McKinney, for appellant.
    H. Grady Chandler, Co. Atty., and W. C. Dowdy, Asst. Go. Atty., both of McKinney, and Sam D. Stin-son, State’s Atty., of Austin, and Robt. M. Lyles, Asst. State’s Atty., of Groesbeck, for the State.
   BERRY, J.

The offense is unlawful possession of a still for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor and the punishment is one year in the penitentiary. There is no statement of facts on file in this court. The only bill of exceptions that could manifest error, in the absence of a statement of facts, is the one pertaining to the alleged misconduct of the jury. The substance of this misconduct is to the effect that, after the jury retired to consider their verdict, the jurors Hamor and Wilson stood for an acquittal, while the other 10 jurors stood for a conviction, and that certain of the jurors who were for conviction said things to the juror Hamor which were calculated to and did intimidate him into rendering a verdict of guilty. We have very carefully examined the testimony that was introduced on this question before the trial court while considering the motion for a new trial, and have reached the conclusion, first, that Hamor’s testimony itself is hardly sufficient to show any improper conduct on the part of any other juror toward him; and, second, we think it is entirely sufficient to show that there was such conflict between the testimony of Hamor and the other jurors who testified on the motion as to make it clear that the trial court did not abuse his discretion in refusing to grant a new trial. Finding no error in the record, the judgment is affirmed.

PER CURIAM.

The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the court.

On Motion for Rehearing.

MORROW, P. J.

We have re-examined the record in the light of the appellant’s motion for rehearing, and are of the opinion that the motion should be overruled. It is so ordered.-