Belcher v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Childress. Tried below before Hon. G. A. Brown. Appellant was indicted for the murder of one E. M. Bull, alleged to have been committed in Childress County, on the 28th day of November, 1894, by shooting him with a pistol. At his trial, he was convicted of manslaughter, the punishment being assessed at two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the District Court of Childress. Tried below before Hon. G. A. Brown. Appellant was indicted for the murder of one E. M. Bull, alleged to have been committed in Childress County, on the 28th day of November, 1894, by shooting him with a pistol. At his trial, he was convicted of manslaughter, the punishment being assessed at two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. In view of the disposition made of the case on this appeal, a statement of the evidence is not called for.
1Opinion of the Court
HURT, Presiding Judge.
The appellant in this case was convicted in the court below of manslaughter, and prosecutes this appeal. The ■only question necessary to be considered in the case is that of venue. The term of the court at which this case was tried ended on the 4th day of June, 1895, and before adjournment the court made an order allowing ten days within which to file a statement of facts. A statement of facts in this case was filed on the 12th day of June, 1895. On the 18th day of June, the judge, of his own motion, filed what purports to be a supplemental statement of facts, in which…
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