Conner v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Cherokee. The case was tried before Hon. Beuben A. Beeves, one of the district judges. The following are the facts of the case: J. W. McElroy was indicted in the district court of Cherokee county for disturbing public worship. On 3d of April, 1860, he was tried, convicted, and fined $20. Motion for new trial overruled, and appeal to Supreme Court. Beeognizanee, with plaintiff in error as his sureties.' On the 18th of May, 1860, the defendant died.
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Error from Cherokee. The case was tried before Hon. Beuben A. Beeves, one of the district judges. The following are the facts of the case: J. W. McElroy was indicted in the district court of Cherokee county for disturbing public worship. On 3d of April, 1860, he was tried, convicted, and fined $20. Motion for new trial overruled, and appeal to Supreme Court. Beeognizanee, with plaintiff in error as his sureties.' On the 18th of May, 1860, the defendant died. On the 23d of May, 1860, the judgment of the district court was affirmed by the Supreme Court, the death not being known to the court.…
1Opinion of the CourtWillie, J.
This was a motion, made in the form of a petition, addressed to the court below, to quash an execution against the property of the plaintiffs in error, issued from the office of the clerk of the district court of Cherokee county. The facts alleged in the petition, and substantially proved upon the trial, are about these: One J. *97W. McBlroy was indicted and convicted in said court of the offense of disturbing public worship. He appealed to the Supreme Court, and the plaintiffs in error became sureties upon his recognizance. After the appeal was perfected, viz, on the 18th day of May, 1860,…
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