Furlow v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Fort Bend. Tried below before Hon. Wells Thompson. Appeal from a conviction of manslaughter; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment charged appellant with the murder of J. B. Seay,, on the 23d day of September, 1898, by shooting him with a gun. Alex Kegans, Dabney Walker, Bobert McKnight, and J. B. Seay, the deceased, were appointed by the court a jury of view to lay out a public road through defendant’s land.
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Appeal from the District Court of Fort Bend. Tried below before Hon. Wells Thompson. Appeal from a conviction of manslaughter; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment charged appellant with the murder of J. B. Seay,, on the 23d day of September, 1898, by shooting him with a gun. Alex Kegans, Dabney Walker, Bobert McKnight, and J. B. Seay, the deceased, were appointed by the court a jury of view to lay out a public road through defendant’s land. After they had been a short time at the place where they were going to commence the view, defendant, who had been…
1Opinion of the Court
HElSTDERSOlSr, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of manslaughter, and his punishment assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary, and he prosecutes this appeal.
Appellant filed a motion to quash the special venire on the ground that seven of the special venire who were drawn to try the case were not served by the sheriff, and the sheriff’s return did not show the character of diligence used to summon them; It is shown that a special venire of 140 men was drawn, and all were served, except some twelve. The return of the writ as to seven of the names stated simply that they “could not be…
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