Murphy v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The indictment charged Jim and Tom Murphy, this appellant, jointly with the murder of G. C. Taylor. In this proceeding, Tom Murphy was alone tried; the trial resulted in his conviction, the punishment being assessed at thirty-four years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary.
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The indictment charged Jim and Tom Murphy, this appellant, jointly with the murder of G. C. Taylor. In this proceeding, Tom Murphy was alone tried; the trial resulted in his conviction, the punishment being assessed at thirty-four years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. On Sunday, the 23-rd day of September, 1894, about 1 o’clock p. m., -G. C. Taylor, who was then superintendent of the Navarro County poor farm, was killed by being shot with a pistol or gun while he was traveling the public road from Corsicana towards his residence at “the poor farm,” of which he was superintendent. The…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the sec-end degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for the term of thirty-four years; and from the judgment and sentence of the lower court he prosecutes this appeal. The conviction depends wholly upon circumstantial evidence, and the assignments of error bring in review the action of the court in allowing the amendment of the indictment, the overruling of a motion for a continuance, and the charges given by the court, and those requested and refused on the part of the appellant, and also questions as to the…
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