Casner v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Fisher, on change of venue from Haskell County. Tried below before Hon. P. D. Sanders. Appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree; penalty, imprisonment for life in the penitentiary. Appellant was charged by the indictment with the murder of Tom Pitner, on the 16th day of September, 1899, by shooting him with a pistol and gun.
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Appeal from the District Court of Fisher, on change of venue from Haskell County. Tried below before Hon. P. D. Sanders. Appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree; penalty, imprisonment for life in the penitentiary. Appellant was charged by the indictment with the murder of Tom Pitner, on the 16th day of September, 1899, by shooting him with a pistol and gun. The record is very voluminous, but the material facts in evidence are sufficiently stated, in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for life. The homicide occurred in Haskell County, but the venue was-changed to Fisher County. In order to properly understand the charge of the court, and the objections made by appellant to the introduction of evidence, we will make a brief statement of its salient features: Appellant and his son Lou Casner owned the tract of land adjoining the tract owned by deceased. Deceased’s (Pitner’s) tract and appellant’s tract were immediately west of the tract known as…
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