Jackson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Jack. Tried below before Hon. J. W. Patterson. Appellant was indicted for the murder of James Hardin, and at liis trial was convicted of murder in the second degree, his punishment being affixed at thirty-five years in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the District Court of Jack. Tried below before Hon. J. W. Patterson. Appellant was indicted for the murder of James Hardin, and at liis trial was convicted of murder in the second degree, his punishment being affixed at thirty-five years in the penitentiary. The difficulty which resulted in the killing occurred at a country dance, on Jasper Creek, in Jack County, Texas, on the night of the 15th of December, 1891. A quarrel ensued between deceased and defendant, and one or two others, as to who should dance in a set. After some sharp words, the parties went out of doors, when James…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at thirty-five years confinement in the penitentiary, from which conviction he appeals to this court.
He applied for, and was refused, a second continuance of his cause. The facts expected to be proved by Mrs. Mobley, Lucy West, and Henry Stevens, if true, could have been shown by several witnesses who testified at the trial, because such facts transpired, if at all, at and immediately in front of the house, where twenty to forty people were assembled. The homicide occurred at a dancing party in…
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