Jones v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Wichita. Tried below before Hon. George E. Miller. Appellant having been tried under an indictment charging him, by the name of Jim Jones, with the murder of W. W. Chrisman, in the perpetration of robbery, in Wichita County, Texas, on the 28th day of September, 1885, was, at said trial, found guilty of murder of the first degree, and his punishment affixed at a life term in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the District Court of Wichita. Tried below before Hon. George E. Miller. Appellant having been tried under an indictment charging him, by the name of Jim Jones, with the murder of W. W. Chrisman, in the perpetration of robbery, in Wichita County, Texas, on the 28th day of September, 1885, was, at said trial, found guilty of murder of the first degree, and his punishment affixed at a life term in the penitentiary. When defendant was arraigned for trial, he pleaded to said indictment without suggesting that his name was different, or otherwise, than that stated m the indictment,…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at a life term in the penitentiary. When the jury was being empanelled, the defendant, as well as the State, asked for and obtained an attachment issued for the absent venireman, McAtee. The defendant then asked the court to suspend the further empanelling the jury until the sheriff could bring in the juror, or show cause why the attachment could not be executed. This the court refused, and ordered that the selection of jurors be proceeded with from the summoned talesmen. Defendant excepted, and…
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