O'Connell v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Calhoun. Tried below before the Hon. Fielding Jones. Appellant was indicted' at the Spring Term, 1855, for the murder of John Yan Zile. The indictment charged that the mortal wound was given on the 20th of August, 1854, and that the death ensued on the 23d.
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Appeal from Calhoun. Tried below before the Hon. Fielding Jones. Appellant was indicted' at the Spring Term, 1855, for the murder of John Yan Zile. The indictment charged that the mortal wound was given on the 20th of August, 1854, and that the death ensued on the 23d. At a Term of the Court begun and held on the 17th day of September, 1855, the case came on for trial, and the evidence was as follows : Charles Cox, for the State, testified as follows : Sometime about the 5th day of September, A. D. 1854, just about a year ago, I went with Yan Zile to O’Connell’s room, and as we entered the…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The appellant was convicted at the Fall Term of the Court, 1855. After verdict, he moved the Court for a new trial. His motion was overruled, and he appealed. The case was returned to this Court at the last Term, and argued by counsel for the appellant, upon errors assigned in the judgment. But on inspection of the record it was found that the District Court had omitted to cause the judgment to be entered upon the verdict, as required by the Statute ; and on the au*360thority of Burrell & Burns v. The State, decided at the same Term, the appeal was dismissed, because of the omission to enter…
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