Boothe v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Liberty. Tried below before the Hon. H. C. Pedigo. The statement of facts in this case is voluminous, but the opinion of this court gives a clear summary of the material evidence, and discloses the rulings of the court below upon which error is assigned.
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Appeal from the District Court of Liberty. Tried below before the Hon. H. C. Pedigo. The statement of facts in this case is voluminous, but the opinion of this court gives a clear summary of the material evidence, and discloses the rulings of the court below upon which error is assigned. Phil Philander, who was in company with Scott Baldwin and Dick Reeves, the deceased, when the murder was committed, testified positively to his recognition of the appellant and Henderson Paul as the persons who perpetrated it. Scott Baldwin testified that he saw the two men, but could not say that he…
1Opinion of the CourtWhite, J.
The appellant, Ned Boothe, and one Henderson Paul were jointly indicted for having murdered one Dick Reeves, in Liberty County, July 30, 1876. At the same term of court another and separate indictment was presented against one Swan Andrews, as a principal offender, charging that Ned Boothe and Henderson Paul committed the murder, and that the said Swan Andrews was present, counseling, advising, aiding, abetting, and assisting them.
Henderson Paul was tried and acquitted. When the case was called for trial as to Ned Boothe, he filed a motion and affidavit for a severance as between Swan Andrews…
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