Crews v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appellant was indicted in the District Court of Cooke County for the murder of Thomas Murrell, in said county, on the 12th day of April, 1894. The venue was changed from Cooke to Denton County, and at his trial in this latter county defendant was convicted of murder of the first degree, the penalty being assessed at death. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The portions of the charge which were excepted to and complained of are also set out in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
The appellant in this case was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at death, and from the judgment of the lower court he prosecutes this appeal.
In order that the questions raised by the assignments of error may be properly discussed, we will briefly state the substance of the evidence in the case. The evidence in this case for the State shows that the defendant and his wife, a short time previous to the homicide, lived on a farm of the deceased, on Bed Biver, in Cooke County. Said farm seems to have been under the supervision of a couple of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Baldwin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1893
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