Legal Opinion

Wolfforth v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 17, 1892No. 526PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Wilbarger, on change of venue from Hall. Tried below before Hon. G. A. Brown. Appellant was .indicted at the November Term, 1891, of the District Court of Hall County, for the murder, in that county, on the preceding August 10, of Eugene De Borenfiend. At the May Term, 1892, of the District Court, the judge, of his own motion, changed the venue from Hall to Wilbarger County.

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Appeal from the District Court of Wilbarger, on change of venue from Hall. Tried below before Hon. G. A. Brown. Appellant was .indicted at the November Term, 1891, of the District Court of Hall County, for the murder, in that county, on the preceding August 10, of Eugene De Borenfiend. At the May Term, 1892, of the District Court, the judge, of his own motion, changed the venue from Hall to Wilbarger County. The case was called for trial on the 6th day of August, 1892, in the District Court of Wilbarger County; whereupon the appellant objected to the transcript of the record of proceedings…

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Appellant was indicted in Hall County for murder. At the May Term of the District Court of that county, the judge, of his own motion, transferred the cause on change of venue to Wilbarger County. When his case was called for trial in the latter county, appellant moved to strike out the transcript sent from the District Court of Hall County to the District Court of Wilbarger County, because it did not contain either a sufficient caption or certificate, and because it did not contain all the orders made and entered in the District Court of Hall County, in that it omitted the…

2Cited by24 opinions

  1. Christian v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
  2. Richards v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
  3. Barber v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1895
  4. Anderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
  5. Pollard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910

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