French Ringo v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The State’s testimony was substantially that defendant and deceased were at a negro dance; the deceased was killed about ten o’clock in the night; that defendant and deceased were out a-t the barn gambling at “Monte” in the early part of the night; they had no trouble or words between them out there; defendant won a quarter from the deceased on the game; deceased said he did not have the money to pay and defendant said he had better pay him; no words were heard betwe'en…
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The State’s testimony was substantially that defendant and deceased were at a negro dance; the deceased was killed about ten o’clock in the night; that defendant and deceased were out a-t the barn gambling at “Monte” in the early part of the night; they had no trouble or words between them out there; defendant won a quarter from the deceased on the game; deceased said he did not have the money to pay and defendant said he had better pay him; no words were heard betwe'en defendant and deceased there; but later on in the night defendant and deceased were scuffling outdoors on the ground at the…
1Opinion of the Court
RAMSEY, Judge.
Appellant was indicted in the District Court of Fayette County charged with the murder of one Cabe Griffin. On trial he was convicted of murder in the second degree and his punishment assessed at confinement in the State penitentiary for ten years.
1. The charging part of the indictment is as follows: “That French Ringo in said county and State, on or about the 19th day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seven, did then and there unlawfully, with malice aforethought, kill Cabe Griffin by shooting him with a pistol, against the peace and dignity of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. Lee LookCalifornia Supreme Court · 1902
- State v. WuppermanTexas Supreme Court · 1854
- Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1894
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- Boles v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
- State v. WestonOregon Supreme Court · 1921
- Hughes v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1949
- Zunago v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
- Jackson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1988
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