Jackson v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bastrop. Tried below before the Hon. L. W. Moore. A very full disclosure of the material evidence in this case will be found in the opinion of this court, which, in its recital, follows the language of the statement of facts. All the parties implicated in the murder were freedmen, as also was John Black, the deceased ; and the record shows the terrible issue which imposture and superstition can engender out of ignorance.
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Appeal from the District Court of Bastrop. Tried below before the Hon. L. W. Moore. A very full disclosure of the material evidence in this case will be found in the opinion of this court, which, in its recital, follows the language of the statement of facts. All the parties implicated in the murder were freedmen, as also was John Black, the deceased ; and the record shows the terrible issue which imposture and superstition can engender out of ignorance. The jury found the appellants guilty of murder in the first degree, and judgment of death followed, in conformity with the law. The six…
1Opinion of the CourtWinkler, J.
The appellants, together with six others, were indicted in the District Court of Bastrop County for the murder of one John Black, alleged to have been committed on December 23, 1876. These appellants were jointly tried, separately from the others, at the.October term, 1877, of the court, were convicted of murder in the first degree, and have taken this appeal.
On the eve of the trial the appellant Burrill Jackson moved the court to grant him a continuance, and made an affidavit in support thereof, in which he stated “ that he cannot safely go to trial at this term of court, on account of the…
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