Ballew v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Collin. Tried below before the Hon. W. H. Andrews. In the spring of 1870, the accused made a trip to this State from Illinois, on a trading expedition, and brought with him several head of horses to dispose of for the father of the deceased.
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Appeal from Collin. Tried below before the Hon. W. H. Andrews. In the spring of 1870, the accused made a trip to this State from Illinois, on a trading expedition, and brought with him several head of horses to dispose of for the father of the deceased. On his return to Illinois, he falsely represented to the owner of the horses that he had disposed of them for a good price, by giving the purchaser “ time ” on the purchase, and promised to collect the money on his return in the succeeding fall, and by false representations as to the success of his operations in this State, he induced the…
1Opinion of the CourtOgden, J.
At the fall term of the District Court for Collin county, the appellant was tried and convicted of the murder of James P. Golden, and the jury trying the case condemned him to be hung, and from the judgment entered up in the case he has appealed to this court.
From the record, it appears that the conviction was founded mainly upon circumstantial evidence, and therefore we have felt it our duty to examine and scrutinize with great care and caution every circumstance proved on the trial, which would tend legitimately to the elucidation of the truth of the case. There being no assignment of error…
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