Taylor v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Wharton. Tried below before Hon. Wells Thompson. Appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree; penalty, death. The indictment charged appellant with the murder of Carrie Reed, by beating and bruising her with a rope, on or about the 26th day of December, 1898. The deceased was the stepdaughter of appellant, and was a girl of some seven or eight years of age.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at death. The indictment charges defendant with killing Carrie Reed by beating and bruising her with a rope. The testimony shows that Carrie Reed was the stepdaughter of appellant and seven or eight years of age. There was no eyewitness to the transaction. A few days prior to the whipping, which resulted in the death of the little girl, appellant gave her another very severe whipping with a rope.
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