Calvin v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Rusk. Tried below before the Hon. 0. A. Frazer. Indictment against Calvin, a slave, charging him with the murder of a woman named Vina, a slave. Indictment filed November 4th, 1858; the offence was alleged to have been committed on the fourth day of May, 1858. At the Fall Term of the District Court a trial was had, and the defendant was found guilty by the verdict of the jury, “ in manner and form as charged in the indictment.”
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Appeal from Rusk. Tried below before the Hon. 0. A. Frazer. Indictment against Calvin, a slave, charging him with the murder of a woman named Vina, a slave. Indictment filed November 4th, 1858; the offence was alleged to have been committed on the fourth day of May, 1858. At the Fall Term of the District Court a trial was had, and the defendant was found guilty by the verdict of the jury, “ in manner and form as charged in the indictment.” The defendant filed at said term, after the return by the jury into court, of their verdict, motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, both of…
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
This case was before us at the last term of this' court, and was dismissed because no final judgment had been rendered in the court below. When the mandate of this court was sent down to the District Court, a motion was made in behalf of the State, that a final judgment should be rendered upon the verdict of the jury. A final judgment was accordingly rendered by the District Court, upon the hearing of the motion, and the case is now again brought before us by appeal. It becomes proper that I should state, with some particularity, the history of the case. The indictment contains two counts. As…
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