Sutton v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Fort Bend. Tried below before Hon. W. H. Burkhart. This appeal is from a judgment of conviction for assault with intent to murder, the punishment being assessed at two years in the penitentiary. A statement of the evidence produced on the trial is rendered unnecessary either to elucidate or illustrate any of the points noticed in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of an assault with intent to murder, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years.
Shortly prior to calling the cause for trial, the grand jurors came before the court, and made a final report for the term, in which they sharply criticised and in a caustic manner indulged in some observations in relation to criminal trials in Fort Bend County, and intimated, among other things, that juries had been very remiss in the discharge of duty in enforcing the law in criminal prosecutions. After the reading of said report was…
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