Sewell v. State

PRENDERGAST, Presiding Judge.

The grand jury of San Jacinto County on November 1, 1911, returned an indictment against appellant for the murder of Charlie Davidson, alleged to have been committed on October 39, 1911, in said county. Soon thereafter the appellant was tried in the District Court of said county, convicted and the death penalty assessed against him. An appeal was taken from that trial to this court and that judgment was reversed and the cause remanded. It is reported in 67 Texas Crim. Rep., 105, 148 S. W. Rep., 569. When the case again reached the District Court of-San Jacinto…