Hartless v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Cherokee. Tried below before tlie Hon. Samuel L. Earle. The appellant and one Henry Mitchell were jointly indicted at the Fall term (1868) of the District Court of Cherokee County, for the murder of W. E. Hartless, the husband of the appellant. The death was charged to have been inflicted with a stick and a pocket-knife. At the same term the accused appeared,' pleaded not guilty and obtained a severance.
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Appeal from Cherokee. Tried below before tlie Hon. Samuel L. Earle. The appellant and one Henry Mitchell were jointly indicted at the Fall term (1868) of the District Court of Cherokee County, for the murder of W. E. Hartless, the husband of the appellant. The death was charged to have been inflicted with a stick and a pocket-knife. At the same term the accused appeared,' pleaded not guilty and obtained a severance. The trial of the appellant ensued, and. she was convicted of murder in the second degree, and her punishment assessed by the jury at ten years’ confinement in the penitentiary,…
1Opinion of the CourtLindsay, J.
After a thorough and careful examination of the rulings of the court, and of the facts presented in the *93record of the proceedings, in the case of tbe State against Amanda Hartless, upon a charge of the murder of her husband, on the night of the 22d day of August, 1868, we have been brought to the conclusion that there are no such errors made manifest as would warrant this court in interposing and reversing the action of the court below.
The indictment was for murder. The finding of the jury, after hearing the evidence and the charge of the court, was “ guilty of murder in the second degree,…
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