Morris v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Lamar. Tried below before Hon. John W. Roundtree, County Judge. This appeal is from a conviction for negligent homicide in the first degree, the punishment being assessed at a fine of §75. The charging part of the indictment is as follows; “That R. M. Morris, on or about the 21st day of October, A. D. 1893, in Lamar County, Texas, was then and there engaged in the performance of a lawful act, to-wit: was then and there driivng a team hitched…
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Appeal from the County Court of Lamar. Tried below before Hon. John W. Roundtree, County Judge. This appeal is from a conviction for negligent homicide in the first degree, the punishment being assessed at a fine of §75. The charging part of the indictment is as follows; “That R. M. Morris, on or about the 21st day of October, A. D. 1893, in Lamar County, Texas, was then and there engaged in the performance of a lawful act, to-wit: was then and there driivng a team hitched to a wagon along a certain highway, to-wit: the Paris and Pattonville public road, situated in Lamar County, Texas, and…
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
The appellant was tried in the court below on an indictment charging him with negligent homicide in the first degree; was convicted, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $75; and from the judgment of the lower court he prosecutes this appeal. There is nothing in appellant’s motion in arrest of judgment. . Wé think the statutes on the subject sufficiently define “negligent homicide.” Aj>pellant complains of the action of the court in allowing several State’s witnesses to testify as to declarations of appellant, made where the body of deceased was found in the road. It…
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