Hudson v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Washington. Tried below before Hon. 0. C. Garrett. This conviction was in the first degree for the murder of Ed Brackens, the penalty -assessed being a life term in the penitentiary. W. J. Johnson was the first witness for the State. He submitted a diagram of the country immediately surrounding the place of the killing. See page 325. The witness testified, in substance, that lie lived in the town of Burton, in Washington County.
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Appeal from the District Court of Washington. Tried below before Hon. 0. C. Garrett. This conviction was in the first degree for the murder of Ed Brackens, the penalty -assessed being a life term in the penitentiary. W. J. Johnson was the first witness for the State. He submitted a diagram of the country immediately surrounding the place of the killing. See page 325. The witness testified, in substance, that lie lived in the town of Burton, in Washington County. B. 0. Anderson, the justice of the peace, requested him on the morning after the homicide to accompany him to the place of the…
1Opinion of the Court
White, Presiding Judge.
Several hills of exception appear of record saved to the rulings of the court with reference to the impaneling of a jury for the trial of the case.
Sixty names had been ordered drawn, selected, and the parties summoned as special veniremen. When the case was called for trial on the 27th of September, the State announced ready for trial, and defendant asked and was granted time to prepare his application for a continuance. Another case, viz., The State v. Allcorn, charged with a felony, was called, and its trial proceeded with to fill up the interim. The jury impaneled in…
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