Davis v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Tarrant. Tried below before Hon. R. E. Beckham. The conviction in this case was in the first degree for the murder of B. 0. Evans, in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, on the 6th day of July, 1889. The death penalty was awarded by the jury) Dr. W. P. Burts testified for the State that he was called to see B. C. Evans on the afternoon of July 6, 1889. He found Evans just outside of the office railing in the carpet department of B. C. Evans…
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Appeal from the District Court of Tarrant. Tried below before Hon. R. E. Beckham. The conviction in this case was in the first degree for the murder of B. 0. Evans, in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, on the 6th day of July, 1889. The death penalty was awarded by the jury) Dr. W. P. Burts testified for the State that he was called to see B. C. Evans on the afternoon of July 6, 1889. He found Evans just outside of the office railing in the carpet department of B. C. Evans Company’s store. He was then dead, but was being held upright in a chair by some attendants. Death was caused by a pistol…
1Opinion of the Court
Hurt, Judge.
This is a conviction for murder of the first degree, the penalty being death.
Counsel for appellant make thirty-six assignments of error. We have had the benefit of argument in support of several of these supposed errors, and we have carefully read the record and the brief for the appellant. The conclusion reached is that there is no such error in this record as requires' a reversal of the judgment.
We desire to discuss but one question—for to discuss all of the assignments would require the writing of a small volume, which we have not the time to do—remarking, however, that each…
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