Lopez v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Cameron. Tried below before the Hon. Edward Dougherty. The constitution, Article 5, Section 9, provides that the clerk shall be elected for four years, subject to removal for cause, etc. By the record it appeared that the former clerk died, and that thb judge appointed Hr.
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Appeal from Cameron. Tried below before the Hon. Edward Dougherty. The constitution, Article 5, Section 9, provides that the clerk shall be elected for four years, subject to removal for cause, etc. By the record it appeared that the former clerk died, and that thb judge appointed Hr. Glaevecke, the actual incumbent, to hold the office untilthe next general election. -It was contended that notwithstanding the legislature authorized this appointment (see Act of May 7th, Laws of 1873, p. 64), yet that the law was in violation of the constitution, in enacting a different tenure from that fixed…
1Opinion of the CourtDevine, J.
The appellant was convicted of an assault with intent to kill.
The charge of the court is assigned as error, as being in its material portions a series of abstract propositions not applicable to the case, and as being hypothetical and not applied to the evidence in the case, and as tending to mislead the jury to the prejudice of the defendant. The charge- we believe to be substantially correct, and while it is open to objections, they are not of that character that would require a reversal of the judgment in the case at bar. In connection with the question of presenting to the jury questions…
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