Court of Appeals of Texas July 1, 1882 (Garcia v. State)

Willson, J.

The defendant was indicted for the theft of a mule, and was convicted, and his punishment assessed at seven years’ confinement in the penitentiary. In organizing a jury for the tidal of the case, one juror upon examination stated that he could not speak, read or write the English language, nor understand the same sufficiently to comprehend the proceedings of the court.