Taylor v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
On June 9, 1898, appellant, Jeff Taylor, Bud Newman, Bill Taylor, and Pearce Keaton attempted to rob the messenger of the Wells Fargo Express on the west-bound passenger train near Coleman, Coleman County, Texas, when the train stopped to go on the “Y” leading west. They shot a fusilade of shots in the air. One of them took Lee Johnson, the fireman, to the express car door, to have L. L. White, the messenger, open up.
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On June 9, 1898, appellant, Jeff Taylor, Bud Newman, Bill Taylor, and Pearce Keaton attempted to rob the messenger of the Wells Fargo Express on the west-bound passenger train near Coleman, Coleman County, Texas, when the train stopped to go on the “Y” leading west. They shot a fusilade of shots in the air. One of them took Lee Johnson, the fireman, to the express car door, to have L. L. White, the messenger, open up. They returned to the engine to cut off the injector, then went back to the express car door, and Johnson said, “Mr. White, this is me, the fireman. They want you to open up.” At…
1Opinion of the Court
Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for life, and he prosecutes this appeal.
The homicide occurred on June 9, 1898, in an attempt by appellant and three others to rob a train on the Gulf, Colorado Santa Fe Railway. During the attempt to rob said train one of the parties engaged in it, to wit, Newman, took deceased, Johnson, who was a fireman on the train, from the engine to the front of the express car; the others of the party remaining near the engine. While Newman and deceased, Johnson, were parleying at the…
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