Alexander v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The indictment charged appellant with the murder of W. T. Willard on the 20th day of March, 1897, but cutting him with a knife. The important facts connected with the homicide are summarized in the court’s opinion below.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of fifteen years; hence this appeal.
The first bill of exceptions is as follows: “The State proposed to prove the name and age of the young lady (Miss Mitchell) about whom the evidence showed the wife of the defendant and Will Swanner had made statements to the effect that they had seen her kissing deceased, Will Willard. To the proving of her name and age, the defendant, by counsel, objected, because such evidence was immaterial and irrelevant, and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Philadelphia & Trenton Railroad v. StimpsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1840
- Morales v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1896
- Russell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1898
- Hutchins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1894
3Cited by27 opinions
- McCandless v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1900
- Serrato v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Egbert v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1915
- McArthur v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1937
- Holder v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1940
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