Madison v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Jefferson. Tried below before the Hon. W„ H. Ford. The death penalty was assessed in this ease upon the capital conviction of the appellant for the murder of Elbert Smith, in Jefferson county, Texas, on the 5th day of April, 1884. According to the testimony of James Lightfoot, the first witness for the State, the deceased, Elbert Smith, was shot in the eye and killed by the defendant in Jefferson county, Texas, on the night of Saturday,…
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Appeal from the District Court of Jefferson. Tried below before the Hon. W„ H. Ford. The death penalty was assessed in this ease upon the capital conviction of the appellant for the murder of Elbert Smith, in Jefferson county, Texas, on the 5th day of April, 1884. According to the testimony of James Lightfoot, the first witness for the State, the deceased, Elbert Smith, was shot in the eye and killed by the defendant in Jefferson county, Texas, on the night of Saturday, April 5, 1884. Previous to the killing, the witness had directed his children to tell the deceased, if they saw him, to call…
1Opinion of the Court
"White, Pbesiding Judge.
At our last Tyler term, 1884, the appeal in this case was dismissed on motion of the assistant attorney general because the record did not show that a valid final judgment had been entered against appellant. After said dismissal in this court, and at the following term of the district court of Jefferson county, the district attorney, on the 15th day of November, 1884, filed his motion in said district court to have a proper final judgment of conviction entered nune pro tune. On the 28th of November, defendant filed objections to the said motion, one of which was that…
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