Henderson v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Shelby. Indictment for an assault upon Tyre Buckley with intent to murder, on the 4th day of July, 1853. Richard Ratliff, a physician, stated that he went to see Tyre Buckley on the morning of the 5th July, 1853, at the house of Wilcox, having been sent for; found seven wounds, three in the back near the spine, which did not indicate from the mode in which the flesh was cut, that they were direct thrusts, inflicted by any one behind, but they indicated that the…
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Appeal from Shelby. Indictment for an assault upon Tyre Buckley with intent to murder, on the 4th day of July, 1853. Richard Ratliff, a physician, stated that he went to see Tyre Buckley on the morning of the 5th July, 1853, at the house of Wilcox, having been sent for; found seven wounds, three in the back near the spine, which did not indicate from the mode in which the flesh was cut, that they were direct thrusts, inflicted by any one behind, but they indicated that the flesh had been cut from below upwards; they might have been inflicted upon him either while erect or in a squatting…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
Several grounds have been urged for reversing the judgment in an argument on behalf of the appel- ‘ lant of surpassing ability. But an attentive consideration of the case as presented by the record, has disembarrassed it, to our minds, of its apparent difficulties. In order to its disposition it will suffice to notice briefly those of the errors assigned, which have been mainly relied on ; and it is proposed to do little more than state our conclusions.
It is insisted that the Court erred in refusing to admit evidence of the character of Buckley, the party assaulted, as a quarrelsome,…
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