Frizzell v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Taylor, on change of venue from Comanche. Tried below before Hon. T. H. Conner. The conviction is of murder in the first degree, with the punishment assessed at death.
1Opinion of the Court
WHITE, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was indicted in the District Court of Comanche County for the murder of his wife, A. A. Frizzell, in said county on or about the 24th day of January, 1891. It appears that within a very short time after the indictment was found a trial was had in the Comanche County District Court, and that the defendant was convicted at the February term, 1891, of said court. This conviction on motion of the defendant was set aside, and on the 26th of February the court of its own motion and for the reason: “It appearing to the court that by reason of the great notoriety and…
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