Shannon v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Brazoria. Tried below before Hon. T. S. Reese. Appellant was indicted for assault with intent to murder one Henry Williams, and at his trial was convicted and his punishment assessed at a term of two years in the penitentiary. On the 28th of April the appeal came on to be heard, and the judgment was affirmed. Motion for rehearing was filed, and is disposed of in the opinion below. Ho general statement of the case is required.
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Appeal from the District Court of Brazoria. Tried below before Hon. T. S. Reese. Appellant was indicted for assault with intent to murder one Henry Williams, and at his trial was convicted and his punishment assessed at a term of two years in the penitentiary. On the 28th of April the appeal came on to be heard, and the judgment was affirmed. Motion for rehearing was filed, and is disposed of in the opinion below. Ho general statement of the case is required. The matter discussed in the opinion, viz., the examination of the jurors and testing their competency by the trial court, is thus set…
1Opinion of the Court
Motion for rehearing herein suggests several matters for consideration, one of which we deem should be noticed, to wit, that this court erred in sustaining the ruling of the trial court overruling appellant's challenges for cause to a juror who tried this cause below. Having been asked the statutory question, the juror answered, that he "had an opinion, from the testimony in and the trial of said cause, as to the guilt of this defendant, and that it would require evidence to remove that opinion. The "said cause" referred to was The State v. White, charged with the same offense, the testimony…
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