G. E. Morrison v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Wilbarger on a change of venue from the District Court of Carson to the District Court of Hemphill, and from Hemphill, on account of lack of jurors, to Wilbarger. Tried below before Hon. G. A. Brown. Appeal from a conviction for murder in the first degree; penalty, death. The indictment charged appellant with murdering Mrs. G. E. Morrison on the 15th of October, 1897, by mingling poison with medicine which he induced her to take and swallow.
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Appeal from the District Court of Wilbarger on a change of venue from the District Court of Carson to the District Court of Hemphill, and from Hemphill, on account of lack of jurors, to Wilbarger. Tried below before Hon. G. A. Brown. Appeal from a conviction for murder in the first degree; penalty, death. The indictment charged appellant with murdering Mrs. G. E. Morrison on the 15th of October, 1897, by mingling poison with medicine which he induced her to take and swallow. The charging part of the indictment is set out in the opinion. A, motion to quash the indictment was made upon the…
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of the murder of his wife by poisoning, and his punishment assessed at death.
We will briefly state the facts in the case: During the year preceding the death of deceased, appellant resided at Panhandle, Carson County, and was engaged in preaching there two consecutive Sundays in each month, and one Sunday in each month at Canadian, some fifty miles from Panhandle, on the Southern Kansas Railroad, and one Sunday at Higgins, some twenty miles further on, being between seventy and eighty miles from Panhandle. Appellant had been married to his wife about…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Burt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1897
- Hardy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1892
- Calvin v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1860
- Adams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1895
- Rogers v. CrainTexas Supreme Court · 1867
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- Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
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- Long v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
- Rice v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1906
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