Bader v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Lampasas. Tried below before the Hon. John D. Bichar dson. Appeal from a conviction of murder; penalty, fifty years imprisonment in the penitentiary. • The opinion states the case. On question of refusing postponement for trial; Conway v. State, 53 Texas Crim. Bep., 316, 108 S. W. Bep., 1185; Harris v. State, 169 S. W. Bep., 657; "Mason v. State, 74 Texas Crim. Bep., 356, 168 S. W. Bep., 115«
1Opinion of the Court
HABPEB, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder and his punishment assessed at fifty years confinement in the State penitentiary.
J. J. Connell was constable of Lometa precinct in Lampasas County. Hugh Supple was his deputy. The Lometa Cedar Company had a number of men engaged in chopping cedar near Lometa, and appellant had been in the employ, of the company. H. M. Levison was manager of the cedar company, and paid them on what was termed a “chopper’s ticket” issued by the superintendent when the cedar one had cut was checked. On the morning of the 7th of last April appellant presented to Mr.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Mason v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Conway v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
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- Dejarnette v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987