Melton v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Freestone. Tried below before the Hon. A. M. Blackmon- Appeal from a conviction of murder; penalty, fifteen years confinement in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case. On question of continuance: Gilerease v. State, 28 S. W. Kep., 531; Morgan v. State, 54 Texas Crim. Kep., 542, 113 S. W. Kep., 934; Casey v. State, 51 Texas Crim.
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Appeal from the District Court of Freestone. Tried below before the Hon. A. M. Blackmon- Appeal from a conviction of murder; penalty, fifteen years confinement in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case. On question of continuance: Gilerease v. State, 28 S. W. Kep., 531; Morgan v. State, 54 Texas Crim. Kep., 542, 113 S. W. Kep., 934; Casey v. State, 51 Texas Crim. Kep., 443, 102 S. W. Kep., 725. On question of general reputation of deceased: Irwin v. State, 43 Texas, 236; Horbach v. State, 43 Texas, 242. Upon question of affidavit before counsel-: Peters v. State, 69 Texas-Crim. Kep.,…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder and given fifteen years in the penitentiary.’
He filed a second application for continuance, partly written and partly' oral, the oral'part being by agreement. The State concedes diligence. It is alleged, among other things, this was the only witness by whom he could prove the fact that on the day before the homicide the deceased-had threatened the life of appellant. The absent witness was sick and confined and in bed with consumption.The court overruled the application, and* motion, was then made for postponement long enough to take the…
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