WOMBLE v. STATE

No. 28949.

301 S.W.2d 928 (1957)

Henry WOMBLE and Howard Young, Appellants, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 10, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dawson & Hatten, Houston, King C. Haynie, Houston, of counsel, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Lee P. Ward, Jr., and Joe S. Moss, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is offering a bribe; the punishment as to each appellant was assessed at five years.

The appellant Womble was in the coin machine business, and his friend the appellant Young was a tavern owner. Womble and one Jackson were arrested because a marble machine which bore a tax stamp in Womble's name was detected by officer Kennedy paying off a winner.

Young approached officer Brannon in an effort to get him to intercede...

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