Suddath v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Clay. Tried below before the Honorable H. F. Weldon. Appeal from a conviction of murder; penalty, five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The'opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
RATTIMORE, Judge.
Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Clay County of murder, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of five years.
In our view but one question need be mentioned. In his motion for new trial appellant complained of misconduct on the part of the jury, in that while deliberating upon the case after their retirement they received evidence which was not before them during the progress of the trial. Upon the hearing of said motion the jurors who tried the case were before the court, and apparently without any contradiction all testified…
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