Miller v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appellant was tried upon an indictment charging him with the murder of one W. H. Riddle, and at the trial was found guilty of murder in the first degree, his punishment being assessed at death. The appeal came on for hearing at the Dallas Term, and the judgment was affirmed in the opinion below, delivered by Presiding Judge Hurt on the 21st of January.
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Appellant was tried upon an indictment charging him with the murder of one W. H. Riddle, and at the trial was found guilty of murder in the first degree, his punishment being assessed at death. The appeal came on for hearing at the Dallas Term, and the judgment was affirmed in the opinion below, delivered by Presiding Judge Hurt on the 21st of January. The motion for rehearing was taken under advisement, and transferred to the Austin branch, where the same was overruled without a written opinion, on the 24th day of June. In several important particulars there is much similarity between this…
1Opinion of the Court
HURT, Presiding Judge.
On the 17th day of June, 1892, F. P. Miller, the appellant, shot and killed W. H. Riddle in the city of Dallas. He was indicted for murder on the 18th day of June, and was tried and convicted on the 23rd day of July, 1892, the verdict and judgment being for murder in the first degree, with the death penalty assessed.
Counsel for appellant submitted an able oral argument and elaborate brief, assigning numerous errors as reasons for reversing the judgment. We have very carefully examined all the errors relied upon by counsel, but will notice in this opinion such as we deem…
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