Long v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Cherokee. Tried below before the Hon. M. Priest. The opinion of the court denotes such facts as are important.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, P. J.
On the 8th April, A.D., 1871, the appellant, James Long, was put upon trial in the District Court of Cherokee county on an indictment for an assault with intent to murder.
The indictment contains no averment of a previous conviction, nor that the offense was committed after the previous conviction.
At the trial, the appellant pleaded guilty, and the State introduced and read in evidence the record of a conviction for murder in the second degree, on the 4th day of April, 1871.
The record does not disclose on what day the indictment was found, or whether the offense of which he was convicted was…
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