Rye v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Polk. Tried below before the Hon. E. Hobby. The appellants in this case are Morgan Eye», Sr., Morgan Eye, Jr., Eandolph Fields, and William Owens.
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Appeal from the District Court of Polk. Tried below before the Hon. E. Hobby. The appellants in this case are Morgan Eye», Sr., Morgan Eye, Jr., Eandolph Fields, and William Owens. They were tried at the December term, 1879, of the court below, on an indictment which charged them, together with one Frank Snell, with the murder, by hanging, of “ one certain adult male white person, whose name is to the grand jury unknown,’’ on February 17, 1877. The jury found them guilty of murder in the first degree, and assessed the punishment of each at a life-term in the penitentiary. By another and…
1Opinion of the CourtWinkler, J.
These appellants, together with one Frank Snell, were jointly indicted in the District Court of Polk County for the murder of a person described in the indictment as “ one certain adult male white person, whose name is to the grand jury unknown.” On the trial in the District Court, the appellants were put on trial without the other defendant, Snell. The four appellants were brought to trial on December 29, 1879,. and on being arraigned *155each pleaded to the indictment not guilty. The jury empanelled for the trial, under the charge of the court upon the evidence, returned their verdict as…
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