Johnson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
.The killing occurred under a large shed situated on what is known as Market Square, about dark at night. This Market Square consists of a block of ground about 300 feet square, bounded on the north by Bluff Street, on the south by Belknap Street and on the west by property inclosed and improved and situated where Throckmorton would be if it extended through the block to Bluff Street; said square and shed being just across Bluff Street south and immediately in front of the…
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.The killing occurred under a large shed situated on what is known as Market Square, about dark at night. This Market Square consists of a block of ground about 300 feet square, bounded on the north by Bluff Street, on the south by Belknap Street and on the west by property inclosed and improved and situated where Throckmorton would be if it extended through the block to Bluff Street; said square and shed being just across Bluff Street south and immediately in front of the Summit House, where appellant lived, the courthouse and the business part of the city being south and southeast from said…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, the penalty assessed being five years in the penitentiary.
Appellant reserved a bill of exceptions to the testimony of the witness Dillard, a deputy sheriff. At the time of the killing, this witness states, he was at the sheriff’s office, about 100 yards from the scene of the killing; that upon hearing the shot he started towards the square, and en route met a man by the name of Pox and defendant. He asked them what was the trouble, and they told witness about it; that he then told defendant to step inside the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Spangler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1900
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