Ake v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Williamson. The case was tried before Hon. John Ireland, one of the district judges. Charles Thompson, Thomas Ake,Elijah Oates, and David Williams, all freedmen, were indicted for the murder of William Dobbs. The substance of the principal evidence is given by the learned judge, hence a more consecutive statement is omitted. Thompson severed, and was tried alone.
1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, J.
The defendants, together with Charles Thompson and Elijah Oates, were indicted at the spring term of the district court of Williamson county for the murder of William Dobbs.
A trial was had at the same term, (Charles Thompson having severed,) and defendants, Ake, Williams, and Oates, were convicted of murder in the first degree. All the defendants moved for a new trial, which was awarded as to Oates, and overruled as to the two other defendants, who prosecute this appeal.
There was an application for a continuance by all the defendants, which was overruled by the court, to which ruling the…
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