Weatherford v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appellant was tried under an indictment charging him with the murder of one John Bowers, and was convicted of murder in the second degree, his punishment being assessed at twenty-five years imprisonment in the State penitentiary. The deceased, John Bowers, was shot by defendant on Sunday evening, March 15, 1891, at Hyatt, a railroad station in Tyler County, Texas, and died from the effects of the wound on the night of the 18th of March, 1891, at Hyatt.
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Appellant was tried under an indictment charging him with the murder of one John Bowers, and was convicted of murder in the second degree, his punishment being assessed at twenty-five years imprisonment in the State penitentiary. The deceased, John Bowers, was shot by defendant on Sunday evening, March 15, 1891, at Hyatt, a railroad station in Tyler County, Texas, and died from the effects of the wound on the night of the 18th of March, 1891, at Hyatt. One Laurence Edwards had been appointed by the sheriff of Tyler County his deputy, and had qualified and had his oath of office recorded in…
1Opinion of the Court
SIMKINS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at twenty-five years in the penitentiary, from which judgment he appeals to this court.
The appellant was at the depot in the town of Hyatt, with a six-shooter, making a negro dance, when one Edwards, acting as deputy sheriff, summoned the deceased, Jack Bowers, to assist him in disarming the defendant. The officer demanded his pistol, but he refused to give it up, and when Edwards advanced on him, he shot Bowers in the stomach, who died next day. He also shot Edwards, and attempted to shoot him…
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