Dill v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Criminal District Court of the city of Dallas. Tried below before the Hon. S. Hake. On the 27th of January, 1875, an indictment was filed in the criminal district court of the city of Dallas, charging the two appellants and William Bell with the murder of Reuben Johnson on the 27th day of December, 1874. The indictment contained two counts, one of which charged the murder to have been perpetrated by cutting the throat of deceased, and the other that it was…
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Appeal from the Criminal District Court of the city of Dallas. Tried below before the Hon. S. Hake. On the 27th of January, 1875, an indictment was filed in the criminal district court of the city of Dallas, charging the two appellants and William Bell with the murder of Reuben Johnson on the 27th day of December, 1874. The indictment contained two counts, one of which charged the murder to have been perpetrated by cutting the throat of deceased, and the other that it was committed by hanging. In December, 1875, the accused were jointly put upon trial, which resulted in a nolle prosequi as to…
1Opinion of the Court
Ector, Presiding Judge.
Marion C. Dill, Elijah T. Rice, and William Bell were indicted in the criminal district court of Dallas city for the murder of Reuben Johnson. The case was twice continued by the defendants. At the December term, 1875, of the court, the appellants, Dill and Rice, each made a third application for continuance, which applications *281were overruled by the court. During the trial, on the application of the district attorney, a nolle prosequi was entered as to the defendant Bell. Bell was then examined as a witness for the state. The appellant Dill was convicted ■of murder in…
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