Case Name: WILLIAMS v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1916-01-19
Citations: 182 S.W. 327
Docket Number: No. 3919
Parties: WILLIAMS v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 182
Pages: 327–327

Head Matter:
WILLIAMS v. STATE.
(No. 3919.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Jan. 19, 1916.)
1. Criminal Law • i&wkey;3'51 — Evidence—Relevancy-Light.
In a prosecution for burglary, evidence that the defendant had been in several states since tlie alleged burglary was admissible as a circumstance tending to show guilt.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Criminal Law, Cent. Dig. §§ 776, 778-785, 930-932; Dec. Dig <&wkey;>351.]
2. Criminal Law <&wkey;1120 — Appeai>2.Bxcltjsion oe Evidence — Exception.
Upon a bill of exception not disclosing what the testimony alleged to have been erroneously excluded would have been, the Court of Criminal Appeals is unable to judge whether it would be material, if admissible.
[Ed. Note — For other cases, see Criminal Law, Cent. Dig. §§ 2931-2937; Dec. Dig. &wkey;> 1120.]
3. Ceiminal Law <&wkey;829 — Trial — Instructions.
In a criminal trial the refusal of defendant’s special charge was not erroneous, where it was fully covered by the court in its charge.
[Ed. Note. — For other, cases, see Criminal Law, Cent. Dig. § 2011; Dec. Dig. &wkey;»829.]
Appeal from District Court, Wichita County; E. W. Nicholson, Judge.
Arthur Williams was convicted of burglary,' and he appeals.
Affirmed.
Ralph P. Mathis, of Wichita Falls, for appellant. C. C. McDonald, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
HARPER, J.
Appellant was convicted of burglary, and his punishment assessed at two years' confinement in the state penitentiary.
Bill No. 1 shows that appellant objected to the "defendant being compelled to testify on cross-examination that he had been in several states since the alleged burglary." Evidence as to flight immediately after the commission of crime is always admissible as a circumstance tending to show guilt. Benavides v. State, 31 Tex. 585; Mathews v. State, 9 Tex. App. 140; Sebastian v. State, 41 Tex. Cr. R. 249, 53 S. W. 875, and cases cited in section 350, Branch's Crim. Law.
The P. B. M. department store at Wichita Falls was burglarized on the night of the 19th of May. Melvin Dwight, constable at Childress, was on the train that night, and testified he saw appellant and another negro get on the train about a quarter of a mile from the Wichita Falls station, with five grips. Three of these grips and a portion of the stolen property was afterwards recovered in Ft. Worth.
Defendant in bill No. 2 says the court erred in refusing to permit him to testify to what the other negro told him why the goods were to be placed on the train at the point testified to by the constable. The bill does not disclose what the testimony would have been; therefore we are unable to judge whether or not it would be material, if admissible.
The other bill in the record complains of the failure of the court to give special charge No. 1 requested by appellant. As it was fully covered by the court in his charge to the jury, there was no error in refusing to give it.
The judgment is affirmed.