Golden v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The State’s testimony showed that the letter, enclosed in an envelope addressed to the alleged party injured, and which came through the mail, reads as follows: “We are in need of money, and we want you to give us three hundred dollars and if you do not leave it where we tell you, we will kill you, and burn all your property. So you had better do what we tell you. Leave it at the corner post north from your gate, above your house by Bloomquist’s new land.
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The State’s testimony showed that the letter, enclosed in an envelope addressed to the alleged party injured, and which came through the mail, reads as follows: “We are in need of money, and we want you to give us three hundred dollars and if you do not leave it where we tell you, we will kill you, and burn all your property. So you had better do what we tell you. Leave it at the corner post north from your gate, above your house by Bloomquist’s new land. It must be there by the 7th of March, and if it is not there, we will do what we told you we would. You must put it there and not say…
1Opinion of the Court
PRENDERGAST, Judge.
Appellant was convicted for knowingly sending a letter threatening to kill, and to burn the property of one Almquist. He was convicted and given the lowest penalty, a fine of $100.
The prosecution was by complaint and information. The complaint was made by Geo. S. Matthews and sworn t'o before John E. Shelton, County Attorney of Travis County. The information was made by Mr. Shelton as said county attorney and states in its face that it was based “on the oath of George S. Matthews, a competent and credible person herewith filed.”
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