Kennedy v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Van Zandt. Tried below before the Hon. F. J. McCord. The appellant in this case, a severance from his co-defendants, Iven Thompson and Scott Hendricks, having been awarded, was tried upon an indictment which charged him, jointly with his co-defendants, with the murder of Edmond Hill, in Van Zandt county, Texas, on the lYth day of August, 1883. He was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment was assessed at a life term in…
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Appeal from the District Court of Van Zandt. Tried below before the Hon. F. J. McCord. The appellant in this case, a severance from his co-defendants, Iven Thompson and Scott Hendricks, having been awarded, was tried upon an indictment which charged him, jointly with his co-defendants, with the murder of Edmond Hill, in Van Zandt county, Texas, on the lYth day of August, 1883. He was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment was assessed at a life term in the penitentiary. The inculpatory evidence upon which this conviction was had is derived principally from witnesses who…
1Opinion of the Court
White, Presiding Judge.
Appellant and one Iven Thompson and one Scott Hendricks were jointly indicted for the murder of one Edmond Hill, on the 17th day of August, 1883, in Van Zandt county. They were separately tried, and on his trial this appellant was convicted of murder of the first degree, the penalty assessed being a life term in the penitentiary. Nineteen bills of exception were saved to rulings made by the court at the trial, all of which appear in the record.
1. The precept or writ issued by the clerk with a copy of the special venire to be served on defendant had, if ever issued, been…
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