Massie v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Dallas. Tried below before Hon,. R. E. Burke. This conviction is for murder in the second degree with the punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for the term of five years. The opinion sufficiently states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree for killing Mase Burton. The killing occurred in the early part of July, 1888, in the city of Dallas, between 9 and 10 o’clock at night. The indictment charging appellant with the murder of said Burton was presented in the District Court of Dallas County on the 20th day of October, 1888. The judgment of conviction from which this appeal was taken and is prosecuted was entered of date March 11, 1891. There had been an intermediate trial, at which time the appellant had been acquitted of murder of the first degree. When the…
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