Coyle v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
On a trial under an indictment charging him with the murder of one Ben E. Page, by shooting him with a shot gun, on the 20th day of January, 1892, appellant, Michael Coyle, was found guilty of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at a term of six years in the penitentiary.
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On a trial under an indictment charging him with the murder of one Ben E. Page, by shooting him with a shot gun, on the 20th day of January, 1892, appellant, Michael Coyle, was found guilty of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at a term of six years in the penitentiary. A brief statement of the facts in the case, taken mainly from the testimony of defendant himself, as a witness in his own behalf, will be found in the opinion of the court, and it is deemed unnecessary to add anything further to that statement.
1Opinion of the CourtDavidson, Judge
1. Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and allotted a term of six years in the penitentiary. State’s counsel, addressing the jury, referred to the fact that defendant had not put in issue his own character, as he might have done, and as he alone could do. The remarks, if improper, were not of such a material character as was calculated to injure defendant. There was no argument based upon the statement. We are of opinion, however, that the testimony reflected somewhat unfavorably upon the character of defendant as a quiet, peaceable, and law-abiding citizen, and would have…
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