Hatch v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Travis. Tried below before the Hon. E. B. Turner. This appeal is from the second conviction of the appellant for uttering a forged instrument. A report of his first appeal will be found in 6 Texas Ct. App. 384, and in that report a statement of the material facts on which the prosecution is based. The judgment below was reversed on that appeal, and a new trial awarded.
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Appeal from the District Court of Travis. Tried below before the Hon. E. B. Turner. This appeal is from the second conviction of the appellant for uttering a forged instrument. A report of his first appeal will be found in 6 Texas Ct. App. 384, and in that report a statement of the material facts on which the prosecution is based. The judgment below was reversed on that appeal, and a new trial awarded. In May, 1879, a second trial was had in the court below, and resulted in the conviction from which the present appeal was taken. The opinion of the court discloses everything material to the…
1Opinion of the CourtWhite, P. J.
When the case here presented was before us on a former appeal, it was reversed upon three grounds : 1. The refusal of the court to grant the defendant’s application for a continuance. 2. The refusal of the court to give in charge to the jury a special instruction asked by defendant. 3. The overruling of defendant’s motion for a new trial. 6 Texas Ct. App. 384. Each of these errors-was deemed by us of vital importance at the time, and a review of the rulings upon them, as enunciated in the opinion, only tends to confirm and strengthen the conviction then entertained, that the judgment, on…
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