Dodson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appellant was charged by the indictment with the murder of Allen Brown, on the 6th day of September, 1901, by shooting him with a pistol. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appellant was charged by the indictment with the murder of Allen Brown, on the 6th day of September, 1901, by shooting him with a pistol. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. The charges of the court as to impeaching testimony alluded to in the opinion, are as follows, viz: “Where evidence has been admitted by the court tending to impeach or discredit a witness, the admission of such evidence does not have the legal effect of withdrawing the evidence of such witness from the consideration of the jury, but they should take into consideration the evidence of such witness sought to be…
1Opinion
ON REHEARING.
HENDERSON, Judge.
The judgment in this cause was affirmed at a previous day of this term, and comes before us now on motion for rehearing. Appellant insists that the court committed an error in the original opinion in holding that the court below acted correctly in rejecting evidence offered by appellant that a short time prior to the homicide deceased had told him that he had been in the penitentiary and had served a term there for murder. Appellant’s insistence is that the court was wrong in holding that the principle announced in Childers v. State, 30 Texas Crim. App., 193, did…
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- Crockett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1899
- Winn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1894