Oates v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

—The homicide of which appellant was convicted occurred in Dallas about the 30th of November, 1904. This is the fifth appeal from conviction, each of which resulted in the death penalty. The first appeal is found reported in 48 Texas Crim. Rep., 131, the second in 50 Texas Crim. Rep., 39, the third in 51 Texas Crim. Rep., 449, and the fourth in 56 Texas Crim. Rep., 571. The facts are sufficiently set out in the first appeal found in 48 Texas Crim. Rep., 131.

1. The first bill of exceptions is lengthy and was reserved to the rulings of the court in regard to empaneling…