Stewart v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
This appeal is from a conviction for murder in the second degree, the punishment being assessed at twenty years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and given twenty years in the penitentiary, and prosecutes this appeal. There is but one question in this case, and that involves the action of the court in refusing to admit the testimony of certain witnesses as to threats made by the deceased. Said bill of exceptions is as follows: “The defendant offered the following testimony, to-wit, by witness, Marcos Hines: That a short while, perhaps two weeks, before the killing of Paul Jones by defendant, the deceased, Theo. Butler, and I were standing at the corner of C. P.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Stokes v. . People of the State of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Horbach v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1875
- Irwin v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1875
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