Jones v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of San Saba. Tried below before the Hon. A. W. Moursund. The conviction in this case was in the second degree for the murder of T. H. Nowlin, in San Saba county, Texas, on the fifth day of April, 1888. The penalty assessed by the jury was a term of twenty-four years in the penitentiary. Lee Peck was the first witness for the State.
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Appeal from the District Court of San Saba. Tried below before the Hon. A. W. Moursund. The conviction in this case was in the second degree for the murder of T. H. Nowlin, in San Saba county, Texas, on the fifth day of April, 1888. The penalty assessed by the jury was a term of twenty-four years in the penitentiary. Lee Peck was the first witness for the State. He testified that he lived in Llano county, Texas, and was well acquainted with Thomas H. Nowlin at the time that the latter was killed by the defendant. The killing of Nowlin occurred a little after sun rise on the morning of April…
1Opinion of the Court
Hurt, Judge.
This is a conviction for murder in the second degree, with the penalty fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for twenty-four years.
The appellant, Jones, lived in San Saba county. Thomas H. Nowlin lived in, and was deputy sheriff for, Llano county.
The following capias was issued by the clerk of Jeff Davis county:
“The State of Texas: To any Sheriff of Texas, Greeting:” Then follows the command to arrest Jim Jones upon a charge by indictment for theft of cattle in Jeff Davis county. This *11oapias came to the hands of Caldwell Roberts, sheriff of Llano county, who, on the fourth or…
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