Ford v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appellant was charged by the indictment with the murder of Lucinda Moore by shooting her with a pistol, on the 25th day of June, 1898. The evidence showed that defendant had been paying his attentions to the deceased for more than two years; that they were lovers and were engaged to be married.
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Appellant was charged by the indictment with the murder of Lucinda Moore by shooting her with a pistol, on the 25th day of June, 1898. The evidence showed that defendant had been paying his attentions to the deceased for more than two years; that they were lovers and were engaged to be married. Kate Peterson, who seems to have been the only person at the house besides deceased and defendant when the difficulty commenced, testified that she and deceased were in the kitchen talking when defendant appeared in the doorway and spoke to deceased, and said he wished to talk with her privately. They…
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at death; hence this appeal.
Appellant objected to the district attorney, while cross-examining the defendant, who had taken the stand, and been examined in his own behalf, using a memorandum or written statement of said witness in his cross-examination. Said memorandum appeared to have been a statement made by said defendant to the sheriff, after his arrest, and after he had been warned. The grounds of objection to the same were that it was not a sworn statement, and was made while defendant…
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