Wooldridge v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Fayette. Tried below before the Hon. L. W. Moore. Upon an indictment charging him with the murder of Antone Roerich, in Fayette county, Texas, on the eleventh day of August, 1882, the appellant was found guilty of murder in the “fist” degree, and the death penalty was assessed against him as punishment.
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Appeal from the District Court of Fayette. Tried below before the Hon. L. W. Moore. Upon an indictment charging him with the murder of Antone Roerich, in Fayette county, Texas, on the eleventh day of August, 1882, the appellant was found guilty of murder in the “fist” degree, and the death penalty was assessed against him as punishment. Doctor W. T. McLéary testified, for the State, that, on the night of the eleventh of August, 1882, he was called in to attend the deceased, Antone Roerich. Witness found him at his house in Fayette county, suffering from gun-shot wounds. The wounds, several in…
1Opinion of the CourtWhite, P. J.
On the night of the eleventh of August, 1882, Antone Roerich was assassinated at his home in Fayette county. Appellant and one Nathan Stevens were jointly indicted for the murder. On the twenty-fifth of November appellant was alone placed upon trial, and the result was his conviction of murder in the first degree, with the penalty assessed at death. From this judgment of conviction he appeals to this court.
Several supposed errors are complained of as grounds for a reversal of the judgment, the most important of which are: 1, that the court erred in overruling his application for a…
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