Dodson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Ellis. Tried before Hon. J. E. Dillard. Appeal from a conviction of manslaughter; penalty, five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The following statement taken from appellant’s brief is substantially correct: Appellant was foreman of a county convict gang working on the public roads twenty miles south of Waxahachie; the gang consisted of several negroes and two or three white men.
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Appeal from the District Court of Ellis. Tried before Hon. J. E. Dillard. Appeal from a conviction of manslaughter; penalty, five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The following statement taken from appellant’s brief is substantially correct: Appellant was foreman of a county convict gang working on the public roads twenty miles south of Waxahachie; the gang consisted of several negroes and two or three white men. On September 6, 1901, at the camp during supper two of the negro convicts began to abuse each other, using very obscene language. Appellant reprimanded them and threatened…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.—Appellant
Appellant was convicted of manslaughter, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of five years. This case was before us at the Tyler term, 1902, and was reversed for reasons set out in the opinion as found in 6 Texas Ct. Rep., 311. The facts are not materially different as reported in that case than those found in the record now before us. Error is assigned upon the charge of .the court on the issue of self-defense: “The jury are further instructed * * * if they believe from the evidence that de fendant Sam Dodson shot…
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