Moreau v. Bond. Dist., Judge

At the September term, 1916, of the District Court of Van Zandt County, relator R. J. Moreau was charged by indictment with the murder of H. F. Goodnight and of Mrs. H. F. Goodnight. Thereafter, at the April term, 1917, of said District Court, he was put on trial and was convicted of the murder of H. F. Goodnight, and punishment at life imprisonment in the state penitentiary was assessed against him. He is now in the state pententiary.

The case against him for the murder of Mrs. H. F. Goodnight has never been tried, and is still on the docket of said District Court.

Relator alleges that by both…