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Welk v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 25, 1924No. 8425PublishedCited by 13 opinions

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1Opinion of the Court

LATTIMORE, Judge.

From conviction in Criminal District Court No. 2, of Dallas County, for murder, with punishment- fixed at death, this appeal is taken.

Mr. Champion, assistant jailer in the Dallas county jail, was shot in'the back and killed on the sixth floor of said jail on September 26, 1923. The killing grew out of an attempted jail delivery participated in by appellant and one Gaines, the latter being killed by officers who came presently to the scene and who testified in detail to the battle with Gaines and appellan upon their arrival. Two pistols had been smuggled into the jail, one an…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Chandler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
  2. Hamblin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1899
  3. G. E. Morrison v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1899
  4. Renfro v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1900

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Beard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1943
  2. Miffleton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1987
  3. Cooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  4. Reis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1936
  5. Banks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1936

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