Woodring v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Fisher, Tried below before Hon. O. P. Woodruff. Appellant was indicted in the District Court of Scurry for the murder of one Thomas Lowe, in the unorganized county of Kent, on the 23d day of March, 1891, the county of Kent being at the time attached (for judicial purposes) to the county of Scurry. Afterwards, and before the trial, Kent County, where the homicide occurred, became organized.
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Appeal from the District Court of Fisher, Tried below before Hon. O. P. Woodruff. Appellant was indicted in the District Court of Scurry for the murder of one Thomas Lowe, in the unorganized county of Kent, on the 23d day of March, 1891, the county of Kent being at the time attached (for judicial purposes) to the county of Scurry. Afterwards, and before the trial, Kent County, where the homicide occurred, became organized. At the trial défendant moved the court to transfer or change the venue from Fisher to Kent County, which was refused by the court, and defendant was tried in Fisher County,…
1Opinion of the Court
HURT, PRESIDING Judge.
Appellant was convicted for the murder of Thomas Lowe, the verdict and judgment being for murder of the second degree, with confinement in the penitentiary for thirty years. We deem it necessary to notice but two matters.
1. The homicide occurred in the unorganized county of Kent, which was at the time of the homicide attached to Scurry. The case was sent to Fisher County on change of venue. When the venue was changed to Fisher County, Kent County was still unorganized. In the District Court of Fisher, appellant, in writing, moved the court to send the cause to Kent…
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