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29 Tex. Ct. App. 596

McGee v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided June 10, 1891

Court of Appeals of Texas · decided 1891-06-10

Tried below before Hon. C. L. Cleveland. The conviction is for murder in the first degree with the penalty assessed at death. The opinion states the case as to the question decided.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently December 1938

2 state decisions

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Decided 1891-06-10

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DAVIDSON, Judge.

¶1During the trial of this cause one Dan Goins', was placed on the witness stand and testified for the State to the confessions of the appellant. On the cross-examination of this witness, the appellant ascertained that he had been convicted of a felony in this State. To meet this the State offered a pardon granted the witness by the Hon. John Ireland, Governor of Texas. The pardon contained the following provision or condition: “Subject to revocation by the-

¶2Governor of Texas whenever it shall be deemed by said Governor that, he has violated any of the criminal laws of the State.” Appellant, *597through his counsel, asked that the testimony of the witness be excluded from the jury and they be instructed to disregard the same. This the court refused to do, and in refusing to do so erred.

¶3The effect of a conditional pardon was fully considered by this court in Carr’s case, 19 Texas Court of Appeals, 635, et seq., and it was there held such pardon did not restore the holder thereof and grantee therein to his competency as a witness. See also Dudley v. The State, 24 Texas Court of Appeals, 163. The testimony should have been excluded from the jury.

¶4For the error of the court in not excluding the evidence of the witness Goins the judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.

¶5Reversed and remanded.

¶6Judges all present and concurring.

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