Hunter v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appellant was indicted- for, the murder of one Tom Daves. At his trial he. was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for life.., The opinion of the court sufficiently states the material evidence in the case, and no further statement .is deemed necessary.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
The appellant was convicted . of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the State penitentiary for life, and from the judgment of the lower court he prosecutes this appeal.
The deceased, Tom Daves, had been living in the neighborhood where the homicide occurred for several years, making his home with one W. B. Hudson. The last seen of him alive was on Sunday evening, the 23rd of December, 1887, just before Christmas.- His body was afterwards, between the 12th and 18th of January, 1888, found in the Brazos Eiver, about two miles from where he…
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