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82 Tex. Crim. 254

199 S.W 487

Hicks v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 28, 1917

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1917-11-28

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Decided 1917-11-28

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¶1*257 ON BEHEADING.

¶2 Decided November 21, 1917.

MORROW, Judge.

¶3 Appellant in his motion assails the sufficiency of the evidence on the ground that the witnesses who identified appellant as one of the party participating in the robbery were unreliable. Several witnesses testified that a party of four men committed the robbery on several persons: that they used firearms, and'had their faces partly covered with a cloth or handkerchief in the way of disguise. Appellant was identified by positive testimony as one of tire party, and as taking part in the robbery of the party named in the indictment. There is no question as to the sufficiency of the evidence if the jury believed it to be true, and it was their province, and not that of this court, to pass upon the credibility of the witnesses and the weight to be given their testimony.

¶4 The motion is overruled. Overruled.

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