Lewis v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Dallas. Tried helow before the Hon. Eobert B. Seay. Appeal from a conviction of murder in the second degree; penalty, fifty-five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
RAMSEY, Judge.
Appellant was charged by indictment returned into the Criminal District 'Court of Dallas County on the 17th day of October, 1908, with the murder of one Bob Nichols. On the 17th day of Hay thereafter he was oh trial found guilty of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the State penitentiary for fifty-five years.
1. When the case was called appellant filed an application for continuance on account of the absence of Anderson Dial, George Washington, Charles Dunbar and Eichard Tucker. Dial is alleged in the application to reside in Grayson…
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