Trevino v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of DeWitt. Tried below before Hon. S. F. G-bimes. Appeal from a conviction for murder in the second degree; penalty, twenty-five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment charged defendant with the murder of Juan Rodreguez, on the 13th of June, 1895, by shooting him with a pistol and gun, and by cutting and stabbing him with a knife.
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Appeal from the District Court of DeWitt. Tried below before Hon. S. F. G-bimes. Appeal from a conviction for murder in the second degree; penalty, twenty-five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment charged defendant with the murder of Juan Rodreguez, on the 13th of June, 1895, by shooting him with a pistol and gun, and by cutting and stabbing him with a knife. The deceased lived with a Mr. Johnson, and was last seen at his house, between 7 and 8 o’clock p. m. of the 13th day of June, which was Thursday. On the following Sunday his dead body was found, about a mile from…
1Opinion of the Court
HURT, Peesiding Judge.
Appellant was indicted for the murder of Juan Rodreguez, by shooting him with a pistol. He was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at twenty-five years confinement in the penitentiary.
Felix Trevino, a brother of the defendant, was also indicted for this murder. Deceased and Soledad Trevino, sister of these parties, were engaged to be married. Her brothers objected to the marriage. Soledad, with her brothers, was staying on the premises of one Johnson. Cruz Rodreguez, a friend, hut not related, to the deceased, on the night of the…
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