Jordan v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Scurry. Tried below before the Hon. John B. Thomas. Appeal from a conviction of murder; penalty, twenty-five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
PBENDEBGAST, PeesidiNg Judge.
Appellant was convicted of the murder of his father, and his punishment assessed at twenty-five years in the penitentiary.
The original and supplemental record, as well as the statement of facts, are quite voluminous, especially the statement of facts. We have carefully read and considered all of them.
Appellant made a motion for a continuance to get two absent witnesses, his brother, H. C. Jordan, and Sid Hill. The State contested the motion. At the time, and before the trial, the court heard much evidence on this contest. In addition, the appellant made the…
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