Magruder v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Cooke. Tried below before Hon. D. E. Barrett. This appeal is from a conviction for murder of the second degree, with the penalty assessed at thirty years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. This is a companion case to the case of Elmer Jones v. The State, 34 Tex. Crim.
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Appeal from the District Court of Cooke. Tried below before Hon. D. E. Barrett. This appeal is from a conviction for murder of the second degree, with the penalty assessed at thirty years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. This is a companion case to the case of Elmer Jones v. The State, 34 Tex. Crim. Rep., p. 490. Jones and Magruder were both indicted for the murder of George Humphrey, which was alleged to have been committed in Cooke County, on the 26th of September, 1894, by shooting him with a pistol. A severance having been granted, Jones was first tried, and convicted of murder of the…
1Opinion of the CourtDavidson, Judge
Appellant was convicted in the court below of murder in the second degree, and given a term of thirty years in the penitentiary. From the judgment and sentence of the low'er court he prosecutes this appeal. There were twro parties indicted for the murder of George Humphrey in this case, to-wit: Elmer Jones and appellant, Magruder. A severance was had in the case, and Elmer Jones put on trial first. The jury returned a verdict in the Jones case on the 10th day of December, finding him guilty of murder in the second degree. Appellant’s trial came up on the 13th day of December. He announced…
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