Bennett v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Hill. Tried below before Hon. W- Poindexter. Appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree; penalty, imprisonment for life in the penitentiary. The indictment charged appellant with the murder of Mary Jenkins, on the 27th of December, 1896, by shooting her with a pistol. This is a second appeal in this case.
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Appeal from the District Court of Hill. Tried below before Hon. W- Poindexter. Appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree; penalty, imprisonment for life in the penitentiary. The indictment charged appellant with the murder of Mary Jenkins, on the 27th of December, 1896, by shooting her with a pistol. This is a second appeal in this case. The case, on the first appeal, will be found, Bennett v. State, 39 Texas Criminal Reports, 639. The facts as to the two cases are substantially the same, and it is only necessary to refer to the former 'appeal for a statement of the case.
1Opinion of the Court
HEEDERSOE, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in'the first degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for life; hence this appeal.
This is the second appeal. The facts on this appeal are substantially the same as in the former. 39 Texas Crim. Rep., 639. Appellant assigns as error the action of the court in failing to limit certain testimony, to the effect that appellant had been indicted and prosecuted for other felonies to the purpose for which it was introduced, to wit, as going to the credit of appellant as a witness. It is shown that appellant took the…
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