Black v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. Samuel Dodge. Jeff Black was jointly indicted with Andrew J. Walker for the murder of Green Butler. The facts developed on the trial were identical with those reported in Walker v. The State (ante, p. 361), with the exceptions stated in the opinion delivered in this case.
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Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. Samuel Dodge. Jeff Black was jointly indicted with Andrew J. Walker for the murder of Green Butler. The facts developed on the trial were identical with those reported in Walker v. The State (ante, p. 361), with the exceptions stated in the opinion delivered in this case. The charge of the court in the trial was a reproduction of the charge in Walker v. The State, with the exception of the charge as to alibi, which the court omitted. The errors assigned in that case, with this exception, are common to this. Verdict, guilty of murder in the…
1Opinion of the CourtRoberts, C. J.
The facts in this case are substantially the *379same as in that of Andrew J. Walker, except that Green Butler said that he did not know the man tliat was with Walker when he was shot by Walker, nor did any witness recognize him as the person who was there then, and the description so far as given of the person who was with the person who shot Butler, did not correspond with the appearance of Black. It is attempted to be shown that Walker did the shooting, and that another person was there with him acting his part in the matter with Walker, and that Black was seen with Walker at several places,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Monroe v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1859
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