Ex parte Beacom
Court of Appeals of Texas
. Habeas Corpus on appeal from the judgment of the District Court of Kinney county, refusing bail. Tried below before the Hon. T. M. Paschal. On March 22, 1882, the grand jury of Kinney county presented an indictment which charged that E. S. Beacom, the appellant, on December 12, 1881, of his express malice aforethought shot and killed one John Piggott. Being in custody under the indictment, the appellant sued out a writ of habeas corpus for the allowance of bail.
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. Habeas Corpus on appeal from the judgment of the District Court of Kinney county, refusing bail. Tried below before the Hon. T. M. Paschal. On March 22, 1882, the grand jury of Kinney county presented an indictment which charged that E. S. Beacom, the appellant, on December 12, 1881, of his express malice aforethought shot and killed one John Piggott. Being in custody under the indictment, the appellant sued out a writ of habeas corpus for the allowance of bail. On the hearing of the case the court overruled the application, and the applicant appealed. That Piggott, the deceased, was…
1Opinion of the CourtWillson, J.
We have given to this case a carerai consideration. The evidence and the law applicable thereto have been ably presented and discussed by the appellant’s counsel, and the attorney general. The court is still of the opinion that the application for bail must be refused. It would not be proper for us to discuss the facts of the case, further than to say that in the opinion of this court the evidence adduced on the part of the State, if believed, is sufficient to show a homicide committed by .appellant upon express malice.
In McCoy v. State, 25 Texas, 33, it is said: “ However sudden the killing…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- McCoy v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1860
- Drury v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1860