Chase v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The defendant was a negro who was deaf and dumb. The record shows that his animosity to deceased grew ont of Gibbs having used his horse and saddle. On the day of the killing he gave the people at his house to understand he intended to kill Gibbs. He got his pistol, went to Gibbs’ house, where the latter was alone, broke open the door, went in, and fired twice; came out, and gave parties he met to understand that he had killed Gibbs.
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The defendant was a negro who was deaf and dumb. The record shows that his animosity to deceased grew ont of Gibbs having used his horse and saddle. On the day of the killing he gave the people at his house to understand he intended to kill Gibbs. He got his pistol, went to Gibbs’ house, where the latter was alone, broke open the door, went in, and fired twice; came out, and gave parties he met to understand that he had killed Gibbs. In addition to his plea of not guilt)', the issue of his mental status—that is, his ability to understand the right and wrong of the act he had committed,—was…
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERS OH, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of twenty years, and prosecutes this appeal. Appellant is a deaf mute; and it was claimed he was non compos,— that is, he did not have- sufficient capacity to commit crime,—and that he did not have sufficient capacity to be placed on trial after the commission of the offense. It appears the judge of the District Court, prior to the trial of this case, was induced to impanel a jury to try defendant as to his mental capacity to commit crime or to be…
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