Legal Opinion

Lilley v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 6, 1925No. 8727Published

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

Appellant insists that in refusing to sustain Bill of Exceptions No. 2, this court was in error. From the bill we take the following:

“When the State’s witness, Monroe Braekin, was on the stand he was interrogated about certain statements made by the defendant to the said Monroe Braekin on the day of the homicide; and it had been developed by the testimony of the said Monroe Braekin that he was at that time a Justice of the Peace of Hardin County and the defendant had gone to him to give himself up and told him that he, defendant, had kill Joe…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Exon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1894
  2. Douglas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
  3. Ford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1899
  4. Thomas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1918
  5. Calloway v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922

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