McKinney v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appellant was tried and convicted for the murder of Margaret Leslie, by shooting her with a pistol, the jury assessing his punishment at death.
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Appellant was tried and convicted for the murder of Margaret Leslie, by shooting her with a pistol, the jury assessing his punishment at death. We give below the testimony of the principal witnesses in the case, as follows: Nannie Crowder testified: “I am a sister of the deceased, Margaret Leslie, and I lived in the city of Greenville at the time she was killed by Bob McKinney, this defendant, on the 33d day of September, 1899. On the 33d day of September, 1899, Bob McKinney, in Hunt County, Texas, shot my sister Margaret Leslie with a pistol, and from the effect of that shot she died in Hunt…
1Opinion of the Court
HENDEESON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree and his punishment assessed at death, and he prosecutes this appeal.
Appellant’s first bill of exceptions raises an objection to a confession of appellant to W. B. Horton, the officer who arrested him. The bill showed appellant was under arrest and the officer warned him in accordance with the statute; and thereafter, while on the way to the jail the officer asked him why he did that (i. e., killed deceased), and defendant replied, “I killed the sons of two "bitches and am going to hell. I went there to kill them.” This…
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