Scroggins v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
This is the second appeal in this case. On the first trial, which was for murder, appellant was found guilty of manslaughter, and on appeal that conviction was set aside for error in the exclusion of testimony. See the case reported in 30 Texas Criminal Appeals, 92. On the second trial, which was for manslaughter, appellant was found guilty of that offense, and her punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years.
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This is the second appeal in this case. On the first trial, which was for murder, appellant was found guilty of manslaughter, and on appeal that conviction was set aside for error in the exclusion of testimony. See the case reported in 30 Texas Criminal Appeals, 92. On the second trial, which was for manslaughter, appellant was found guilty of that offense, and her punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
SIMKINS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of manslaughter, and her punishment assessed at two years in the State penitentiary, from which judgment she appeals.
It appears that on the 16th of March, 1891, appellant was indicted and tried for the murder of one Eddie Gill, by stabbing her with a knife, on the 6th day of February, 1891. She was convicted of manslaughter, and appealed to this court. At the Tyler Term, 1891, the case was reversed for errors therein (30 Texas Criminal Appeals, 92), and the same transaction was before us in the Quinn case, 20 Southwestern Reporter, 1108, decided at…
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