Strahan v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder and the jury assessed his punishment at ten years in the penitentiary. The name of the deceased was Burch.

The record shows that Hon. C. C. Wren was elected special judge to preside over the term of court at which appellant was convicted. The recited reason for this was that Judge J. L. Manry, the regular district judge, was disqualified in many cases then on the docket. This case is one of those in which Judge Manry was disqualified. This seems not to be questioned. When the indictment was returned Judge Manry was district attorney…