Roberts v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Dallas. Tried below before Hon. Chas. Fred. Tucker. Appellant was indicted for the murder of one A. F. Jackson, by shooting him with a pistol. The result of the trial was appellant’s conviction of murder in the first degree, with the penalty assessed at a life term in the penitentiary. The rulings of the court on this appeal do not require a detailed statement of all the facts proved at the trial.
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Appeal from the District Court of Dallas. Tried below before Hon. Chas. Fred. Tucker. Appellant was indicted for the murder of one A. F. Jackson, by shooting him with a pistol. The result of the trial was appellant’s conviction of murder in the first degree, with the penalty assessed at a life term in the penitentiary. The rulings of the court on this appeal do not require a detailed statement of all the facts proved at the trial. The record is most voluminous, some forty-five witnesses having testified in the case. The main contention of appellant, in so far as the testimony was concerned,…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
On the 28th day of January, 1891, this cause was continued for the term. The court adjourned for that term on the 4th day of April, 1891. The succeeding term of the court convened April 6. On March 30 the bill of exceptions recites that the court ordered a special venire to issue, returnable on April 9, and set the cause •for trial the 13th day of April. The writ issued March 31, and was on same day delivered to the sheriff. The jurors drawn upon the special venire were selected from the jurors drawn by the jury commissioners for service during the April term of the court, at…
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