Levy v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Robertson. Tried below before Hon. John N. Henderson. The appellant was convicted of manslaughter under an indictment which charged him with the murder of J. M. Joiner, in Robertson County, Texas, on the third day of November, 1888. The penalty assessed by the verdict was a term of five years in the penitentiary. The street in the town of Bremond on which the killing occurred runs north and south.
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Appeal from the District Court of Robertson. Tried below before Hon. John N. Henderson. The appellant was convicted of manslaughter under an indictment which charged him with the murder of J. M. Joiner, in Robertson County, Texas, on the third day of November, 1888. The penalty assessed by the verdict was a term of five years in the penitentiary. The street in the town of Bremond on which the killing occurred runs north and south. Schmidt’s saloon is situated on the east side of the street and faces west. Hyatt’s saloon is situated on the west side of the street and faces east, but is south…
1Opinion of the Court
White, Presiding Judge.
We have maturely considered, weighed, and determined every question raised in the voluminous record before us, and so ably submitted in the brief and oral argument of distinguished counsel for the appellant. Many of these questions will not be noticed further than to remark that under well settled rules and decisions they either fail to show any error whatsoever, or at most, none of them reversible error, in the rulings complained of. We only propose to discuss; such matters as present the most serious issues in the case.
Defendant has been found guilty of manslaughter.…
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