Paris v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Dallas. Tried below before the Hon. Charles F. Clint. Appellant was tried upon an indictment which charged him with the murder of one Y„ M. Langdon, in Dallas county, on the 22nd day of October, 1893, by striking him with a piece of gas pipe. At the trial he was convicted of murder of the first degree, the penalty being assessed at death.
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Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Dallas. Tried below before the Hon. Charles F. Clint. Appellant was tried upon an indictment which charged him with the murder of one Y„ M. Langdon, in Dallas county, on the 22nd day of October, 1893, by striking him with a piece of gas pipe. At the trial he was convicted of murder of the first degree, the penalty being assessed at death. The statement of facts, contained in the record, is most voluminous, and such portions are only reproduced as bear upon the questions discussed in the opinion. R. L. Cornwell, witness for the State, testified that…
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
The appellant in this case was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at death, and from the judgment .of the lower court he prosecutes this - appeal. The theory of this case for the State is that the appellant was hired by one W. G. Parish to kill the deceased, Y. M. Langdon. The killing occurred at night, on one of the public streets in Dallas, in front of the house of the deceased, and was done with a piece of gas pipe. The evidence for the State showed said piece of gas pipe was. procured by the defendant several days before the homicide, and…
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