Lane v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The following are the dying declarations of deceased: “I, Mrs. Belle Nix, make this statement voluntarily; I feel that I am going to die—feel like I am nearly dead now—and do not have any hope of getting well. “Early Sunday morning Mr. Lane came in the back door and sat down in the kitchen, and sat there while I cooked breakfast, talking about coming back. Campbell, my little nephew, took me off in the front room and says, 'Aunt Belle, he has a pistol;’ that he had seen it.
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The following are the dying declarations of deceased: “I, Mrs. Belle Nix, make this statement voluntarily; I feel that I am going to die—feel like I am nearly dead now—and do not have any hope of getting well. “Early Sunday morning Mr. Lane came in the back door and sat down in the kitchen, and sat there while I cooked breakfast, talking about coming back. Campbell, my little nephew, took me off in the front room and says, 'Aunt Belle, he has a pistol;’ that he had seen it. I went in and asked Mr. Lane if he had a pistol, and he says, 'Yes, I have got one but it ain’t loaded,’ and he kept…
1Opinion of the Court
BBOOKS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at life imprisonment in the penitentiary.
1. Bill of exceptions Ho. 1 was reserved to the action of the court in refusing first application for continuance for want of the testimony of Mrs. Freda Boberts, by whom defendant expected to prove that he was at witness’ house for a week or more just preceding ■ the homicide, and that during such time she had ample opportunity to observe defendant’s actions, and that his actions were as set out in defendant’s application for continuance, and showed his…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Burt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1897
- Ewing v. DuncanTexas Supreme Court · 1891
- Tubb v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
- Cannon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1900
- Brown v. RuseTexas Supreme Court · 1888
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