Blakely v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Falls. Tried below before the Hon. Eugene Williams. The indictment in this case charged the appellant as an accessary to the murder of D. Baffin, by Erasmus May in Falls county, Texas, on the third day of July, 1884. The trial of the' appellant resulted in his conviction, and his punishment was assessed at a term of five years in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the District Court of Falls. Tried below before the Hon. Eugene Williams. The indictment in this case charged the appellant as an accessary to the murder of D. Baffin, by Erasmus May in Falls county, Texas, on the third day of July, 1884. The trial of the' appellant resulted in his conviction, and his punishment was assessed at a term of five years in the penitentiary. It was fully proved, and not controverted, that the deceased, D. Baffin, was shot and almost instantly killed by Erasmus May. at a hay camp, in Falls county, on the day alleged in the indictment. Deceased’s father…
1Opinion of the Court
White, Presiding Judge.
This is a companion case to Erasmus May v. The State, 23 Texas Court of Appeals, 146.
In the first count the indictment charges May with the murder of Berush Baffin, and in the second count the charge as set forth against this appellant is that “ after the commission of the aforesaid offense of murder by the said Erasmus May, as aforesaid, and well knowing the said Erasmus May to have committed said offense, Steve Blakely (the defendant) did then and there unlawfully, willfully and feloniously, conceal and give aid to the said Erasmus May, in order that he, the said…
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