Hawkins v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Falls. Tried below before the Hon. Eugene Williams. The death penalty was assessed against the appellant upon his conviction in the first degree for the murder of Addison Washington, in Falls county, Texas, on the twenty-sixth day of September, 1887. Minerva Huddleston, the mother of the deceased, was the first witness for the State.
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Appeal from the District Court of Falls. Tried below before the Hon. Eugene Williams. The death penalty was assessed against the appellant upon his conviction in the first degree for the murder of Addison Washington, in Falls county, Texas, on the twenty-sixth day of September, 1887. Minerva Huddleston, the mother of the deceased, was the first witness for the State. She testified that the deceased was killed at his home on the Battle farm, on the east bank of the Brazos river, in Falls county, Texas, on the twenty-sixth day of September, 1887. Deceased’s family at that time consisted of his…
1Opinion of the Court
White, Presiding Judge.
This appeal is from a death penafly inflicted upon a conviction for murder of the first degree.
Several questions are propounded by the bills of exceptions reserved for appellant during his trial. 1. One of the main witnesses for the prosecution was a boy eleven years old, and he was examined at the instance of the defendant, with the purpose 'of testing his competency as to intelligence, and his understanding of the obligations of an oath. It appears that after his examination by defendant’s counsel, he was re-examined by the court, but the statement, in the bill of…
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