Dowd v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Montague. Tried below before the Hon. Clem B. Potter. Appeal from a conviction of manslaughter; penalty, three years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of manslaughter, and his punishment assessed at -three years in the State penitentiary.
We find in this record but one bill of exceptions and only one question necessary to be reviewed. Appellant’s bill of exceptions is as follows: “The State, by Chas; F. Spencer, county attorney, offered in evidence the contents of the written testimony of Rube Benson, taken and reduced to writing, at an examining trial held before J. P. Sampson, a justice of the peace for justice precinct Ho. 2. Montague County, Texas, on April 18, 1904, and as a predicate for the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Cline v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1896
- Porch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1907
3Cited by5 opinions
- Whitehead v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
- Nixon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
- Mitchell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
- Dowd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909
- Whitehead v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968