Harris v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appellant, Bessie Harris, and D. H. Harris and Matilda Harris, were jointly indicted for the murder of A. S. Blackmon, on the 23rd of June, 1895, it being alleged in the indictment, that the murder was committed “by some means to the grand jurors unknown.” On motion of the parties a severance was had, and Bessie Harris alone placed on trial.
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Appellant, Bessie Harris, and D. H. Harris and Matilda Harris, were jointly indicted for the murder of A. S. Blackmon, on the 23rd of June, 1895, it being alleged in the indictment, that the murder was committed “by some means to the grand jurors unknown.” On motion of the parties a severance was had, and Bessie Harris alone placed on trial. In brief, the facts developed on the trial were substantially as follows: The Harris and Blackmon families lived some half mile apart, and were very intimate. Bessie Harris, the defendant, was an unmarried girl of about 20, and deceased, Albert Blackmon,…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and given five years in the penitentiary, and prosecutes this appeal. Appellant, in her first bill of exceptions, claims that she was prejudiced by the action of the court in permitting the witnesses, John Davis and Dollie Harris to read certain testimony taken on the examining trial of Hogan and Goodwin, tried for the same offense; and also complains that the court erred in using said testimony in examining said witnesses. The ground of objection urged is that the said written testimony was not certified to by the…
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