Swanney v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The State’s testimony showed that the defendant shot and killed deceased; that there were no weapons of any kind found near the deceased; that the deceased was shot while he was plowing in the field right along the turn row, and that defendant fled after the occurrence.
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The State’s testimony showed that the defendant shot and killed deceased; that there were no weapons of any kind found near the deceased; that the deceased was shot while he was plowing in the field right along the turn row, and that defendant fled after the occurrence. The defendant testified that after his wife, told him that the deceased was the father of her child, which he Rad never known or heard before, he believed her statement which excited him, and that shortly thereafter, he started to the field where deceased was plowing to ask him about this matter, and that when he did so,…
1Opinion of the Court
HARPER, Judge.
Appellant was indicted, charged with murder; when tried, he was convicted of manslaughter and his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary.
It appears that the court on the 4th of September, set this case for trial on September 14, 1911, and on the fourth ordered a venire of fifty men drawn, and made the writ returnable on September 11. The sheriff on the 11th, filed the writ with the clerk without having made a return thereon. On the 12th the district attorney filed a motion asking permission for.the sheriff to make his return on the writ, and for an order requiring…
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- Magruder v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1895
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