Rodriguez v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Uvalde. Tried below before the Hon. T. M. Paschal. The death penalty was assessed against the appellant in this case, upon his conviction in the first degree for the murder of Pancho Garcia. The murder was alleged to have been committed in Uvalde county, Texas, on the eighteenth day of October, 1885. Alearía Contreras, the wife of Pancho Garcia at the time of his death, was the first witness for the State.
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Appeal from the District Court of Uvalde. Tried below before the Hon. T. M. Paschal. The death penalty was assessed against the appellant in this case, upon his conviction in the first degree for the murder of Pancho Garcia. The murder was alleged to have been committed in Uvalde county, Texas, on the eighteenth day of October, 1885. Alearía Contreras, the wife of Pancho Garcia at the time of his death, was the first witness for the State. She testified that she was unable to designate the day or month of the year, 1885, in which the killing occurred, but she knew it was the month which…
1Opinion of the Court
Willson, Judge.
Nine several bills of exception were reserved by the defendant, relating to the rulings of the court upon motions of defendant to quash the special and additional venires, and returns of the sheriff thereon, and other rulings made in the formation of the jury. None of these exceptions appear to us to be well taken. It was proper for the court, upon the application of the district attorney, to have the sheriff to amend his return upon the special venire, and thus meet the defect complained of in defendant’s motion to quash said venire. (Murray v. The State, 21 Texas Ct. App.,…
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