Wright v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Caldwell. Tried below before the Hou. John P. White. On the morning of the 10th of May, 1873, Charles Brite, a freedman, was called from his bed about two hours before day by five, men, one of whom represented himself to be James Galbreath, a constable of Caldwell county; by them he was taken away and brutally murdered.
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Appeal from Caldwell. Tried below before the Hou. John P. White. On the morning of the 10th of May, 1873, Charles Brite, a freedman, was called from his bed about two hours before day by five, men, one of whom represented himself to be James Galbreath, a constable of Caldwell county; by them he was taken away and brutally murdered. He was seen no more until about noon, the 11th day of May, when his body was found about three-fourths of a mile from his house, horribly mangled. The limbs were broken, there were marks of a rope upon the neck, wrists, and ankles, and a gun-shot wound through the…
1Opinion of the Court
Reeves, Associate Justice.
This is an indictment against Thomas Jennings, William Wright, and Joe Hemphill for the murder of Charles Brite.
Appellant, William Wright, only was on trial, and having been found guilty of murder in the second degree by the jury, and his punishment assessed at five years’ confinement in the penitentiary, he appealed and assigned for error the overruling his motion for a new trial.
The grounds of his motion are as follows :
The verdict of the jury is contrary to the law and the evidence.
4. Because the court erred in allowing Joe Hemphill, an accomplice included in the…
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