Davis v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
The offense is murder; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for ten years.
This is the third appeal. Former appeals are reported in 100 Texas Crim. Rep., 220, 272 S. W., page 478, and 108 Texas Crim. Rep., 524, 1 S. W. (2d), page 641. The present conviction was had in Smith county upon a change of venue from Harrison county.
The state relied upon the testimony of the wife of V. A. Harris, deceased, who testified that just prior to the homicide she and her husband were picking cotton; that they went to the house to get some water, and that her husband returned to the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Anderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1929
- Bruce v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1893
- Howard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
- Kunde v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1886
- State v. EzellTexas Supreme Court · 1874
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