Ledbetter v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Falls. Tried below before* the Hon. -Eugene Williams. This was0a conviction in the first degree, with the death penalty attached, for the murder of D. P. Rice, in Falls county, Texas, on the fifth day of August, 1886. Doctor J. M. Witt was the first witness for the State.
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Appeal from the District Court of Falls. Tried below before* the Hon. -Eugene Williams. This was0a conviction in the first degree, with the death penalty attached, for the murder of D. P. Rice, in Falls county, Texas, on the fifth day of August, 1886. Doctor J. M. Witt was the first witness for the State. He testified, in substance, that'on the morning of August 5, 1886, he was summoned to attend D. P. Rice, whom he found lying in the shade of a wagon, about a mile and a half south of Eddy, in Falls county, Texas. He was lying on his chest, with one arm under him. The ground indicated that he…
1Opinion of the Court
Hurt, Judge.
Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted for the murder of D. P. Pice, and the death penalty was assessed. But two questions presented by the record are noticed: 1, Were the dying declarations properly admitted in evidence? 2, Was *256there error in the charge of the court in omiting to instruct the jury as to the law applicable to a homicide to prevent an illegal arrest?
As a predicate for the dying declarations, these facts were testified to by Grimes, the brother-in-law of the deceased: “ I saw deceased about dark on the fifth day of August, 1886; he seemed to be very much…
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