White v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Nacogdoches. Tried below before Hon. Tom C. Davis. Appeal from a conviction for manslaughter; penalty, four years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. Appellant was indicted for the murder of one Mitch Yarborrough, on the 10th of October, 1896, by shooting him with a pistol. Defendant in person pleaded guilty to manslaughter. No further statement necessary.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of manslaughter, and given four years in the penitentiary; hence this appeal. The only question in the case is with regard to the verdict of the jury. In his motion for a new trial, appellant appends thereto the affidavit of one of the jurors, to-wit: J. H. Watkins, which is as follows: “Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared J. H. Watkins, who, after being duly sworn, says that he was one of the jury who was empaneled and sworn to try the above entitled and numbered cause, and, after the jury had retired to the jury room…
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