Chandler v. State
Texas Supreme Court
The facts of this case, so far as the same are necessary to present the questions discussed and adjudicated in this court, are stated in the opinion. insisted that there was error in the charge of the judge “that the admissions or confessions of the accused to a witness were the highest character of testimony to establish the guilt of the accused, and upon such testimony the jury were authorized to convict; ” and they cited in support of this position, Joy on the…
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The facts of this case, so far as the same are necessary to present the questions discussed and adjudicated in this court, are stated in the opinion. insisted that there was error in the charge of the judge “that the admissions or confessions of the accused to a witness were the highest character of testimony to establish the guilt of the accused, and upon such testimony the jury were authorized to convict; ” and they cited in support of this position, Joy on the admissibility of confessions, Law Lib. vol. 37, pp. 12, 65 and 111; 1 Phil. Ev. 166-67; 1 Bibb, 611; 4 Littell, 186; Hardin, 547; 1…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice WheeleR
David Chandler was indicted for murder, charged to have been committed upon the person of “ one Claiborne, a negro man, who theretofore had been a slave of one David Conner.”
The accused was put upon his trial and the jury returned a verdict of “guilty of manslaughter.”
His counsel moved the court for a new trial, which being refused, they moved in arrest of judgment. This motion was also overruled, and the prisoner appealed.
*308It appears from the bill of exceptions that the court, among other matters, instructed the jury, at the instance of the prosecution, “that the admissions or confessions of…
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