Shultz v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Galveston. The appellant was indicted on the 1st of May, 1845, for the murder of Matthew Jett. At the Spring Term, 1854, he was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree, and prosecuted this appeal. The transcript, on appeal, commenced in the usual form reciting “ the following cause came on for trial, viz: The Republic of Texas v. John Shultz.”
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Appeal from Galveston. The appellant was indicted on the 1st of May, 1845, for the murder of Matthew Jett. At the Spring Term, 1854, he was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree, and prosecuted this appeal. The transcript, on appeal, commenced in the usual form reciting “ the following cause came on for trial, viz: The Republic of Texas v. John Shultz.” Then followed the indictment; capias without any return; entry of continuances, without repetition of the style of the case, until the Spring Term, 1854. At this term the District Attorney filed a motion as follows: The Republic of…
1Opinion of the CourtLipscomb, J.
At the Spring Term of the District Court for the County of Galveston and Republic of Texas, 1845, the Grand Jurors for the said county returned a true bill to an indictment preferred against the appellant, charging him with murder. The appellant had left the country immediately after the alleged murder, and before the finding of the bill by the Grand Jury as stated above, and wa;s not arrested until some time in the year 1853 ; and then, he was arrested in the State of South Carolina, and was brought back to Texas on the requisition of the Governor of Texas, and the June Term last, was tried…
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