Warren v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appellant was indicted for the murder of one Clem Stovall, and at his trial was found guilty of murder in the second degree, with punishment assessed at six years in the penitentiary.
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Appellant was indicted for the murder of one Clem Stovall, and at his trial was found guilty of murder in the second degree, with punishment assessed at six years in the penitentiary. The witness for the State, E. S. Eoot, testified: That he and Philie Goldsmith went with two women, Mollie Adams and Lillie Meyers, to the wine room in the rear of the St. Charles saloon, in Waco, about half-past 3 or 4 o’clock on the morning of October 16, 1892; that they ordered drinks, and sent the deceased, Clem Stovall, up to the gambling room for one Malloy. Stovall returned and reported that Malloy had…
1Opinion of the Court
SIMKINS, Judge.
On Sunday, October 16, 1892, at 3 o’clock in the morning, in a wine room in the rear of a saloon in the city of Waco, a party of four persons, consisting of two men and two women, were drinking together, being waited on by the deceased, Clem Stovall, who was a porter employed by the saloon. One Jim Finnegan went there, and began talking with them, and appellant also went into the room, and a quarrel starting up between him and one of the women, appellant attempted to injure her, but was prevented. One of the men, one Root, stating he would protect her, appellant moved towards…
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