Taliaferro v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Titus. Tried below before the Hon. •James H. Rogers. J. S. Clifton, who was mayor of Mount Pleasant, on the eighteenth of February, 1873, ordered the arrest, for violation of an ordinance, of Charles J ones, who was afterwards jointly indicted in this case with John Hensley .•and W. D. Taliaferro, for an assault with intent to murder him.
Read the full summary
Appeal from Titus. Tried below before the Hon. •James H. Rogers. J. S. Clifton, who was mayor of Mount Pleasant, on the eighteenth of February, 1873, ordered the arrest, for violation of an ordinance, of Charles J ones, who was afterwards jointly indicted in this case with John Hensley .•and W. D. Taliaferro, for an assault with intent to murder him. Before the trial of Jones began for a violation of the ordinance, Taliaferro, who seems to have manifested •some feeling over his arrest, advised him to leave the court- room. This Jones did, but was compelled to return by the mayor, who, with a…
1Opinion of the Court
Devine, Associate Justice.
The appellant was-jointly indicted with Charles Jones and John Hensley, charged with having conspired together, and with having; made an assault on J. S. Clifton, in the town of Mount Pleasant, on the eighteenth day of February, 1873, .with the intent to kill and murder Clifton.
The defendant, Taliaferro, claimed a severance, and being put upon his trial, which resulted in a verdict of *526guilty by the jury and an imprisonment'of seven years in the penitentiary assessed against him, he has- appealed to this court.
There were .various exceptions -.taken to -the: ruling of…
2Cited by3 opinions
- Williams v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1875
- Cesure v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1876
- N. A. Hobbs v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1884