Richardson v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Hunt. Tried below before Hon. E. W. Terhune. This conviction was in the second degree for the murder of John Ladd, and the penalty assessed by the verdict was a term of sixteen years in the penitentiary. The evidence pertinent to the rulings of this court is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
White, Presiding Judge.
This appeal is from a judgment of conviction for murder of the second degree.
Defendant made his first application for continuance on account of the absence of two witnesses, John Crane and W. E. Charlton. Defendant was arrested and placed in jail on the 5th of July, and on the 8th, as soon as he had employed his counsel, he sued out process for his witness Crane to Hunt County, the county of his alleged residence and the county of the trial, which process was returned into court on the 12th not executed, the witness not being found after diligent search. This…
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