Ahearn v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Criminal District Court- of Dallas. Tried below before the Hon. Bobt. B. Seay. Appeal from a conviction of murder; penalty, twenty-five years confinement in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
PBENDEBGAST, PRESIDING Judge.
Appellant appeals from a conviction of the murder of Eobert Burns, his punishment being assessed at twenty-five years in the penitentiary.
We have carefully read the statement of facts. We think the testimony, without any doubt, is ample to sustain the conviction. There is-but one question to be discussed. Appellant claims that the evidence raised, and the court should have submitted, manslaughter. We are clearly of the opinion that the appellant’s contention can not be sustained.
Appellant was a waiter in an all-night restaurant. Just after midnight the deceased,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Fitzpatrick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1897
- Trevino v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
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