King v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Cherokee. Tried below before Hon. James T. Polley. This is an appeal from a conviction for murder of the first degree, with the punishment assessed at death. The evidence which brought about the conviction of appellant is entirely circumstantial in character.
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Appeal from the District Court of Cherokee. Tried below before Hon. James T. Polley. This is an appeal from a conviction for murder of the first degree, with the punishment assessed at death. The evidence which brought about the conviction of appellant is entirely circumstantial in character. It is quite voluminous, thirty-two witnesses having been examined as to the different facts going to make up the chain of facts, which is characterized in the opinion below as "a chain of circumstances pointing to him (defendant) as the guilty perpetrator of one of the most diabolical and cold-blooded…
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
This is a conviction for murder of the first degree, with the death penalty assessed. Upon the trial, appellant filed his first application for a continuance, which showed that appellant desired the testimony of H. H. Parker, who resided in Bexar County, and Sam Smith, whose residence was not known, but who was believed, to be in Dallas County, and Andrew Harrison, who resided in Cherokee County. The appellant was indicted on August 20, 1894, and was arrested immediately thereafter. The defendant was in custody on this charge from Hovember 13, 1894, and no act of diligence is…
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