Borders v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The testimony shows that all parties were negroes and that defendant and his wife, the deceased, occupied a room in Molly Coin’s house in Freedmantown, a negro district of Waxahachie, Texas; that the house in which the killing occurred had a front gallery, a back gallery and a hall, the front door opening into the hall; that witness’ room in this-house was to the left side of the hall, going in the front door; that defendant and his wife’s .room was on the right side of the…
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The testimony shows that all parties were negroes and that defendant and his wife, the deceased, occupied a room in Molly Coin’s house in Freedmantown, a negro district of Waxahachie, Texas; that the house in which the killing occurred had a front gallery, a back gallery and a hall, the front door opening into the hall; that witness’ room in this-house was to the left side of the hall, going in the front door; that defendant and his wife’s .room was on the right side of the hall, going' in the front door, across the hall from witness’ room, but not directly opposite, but that the doors were…
1Opinion of the Court
HARPER, Judge.
Appellant was prosecuted and convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life.
In the first hill of exceptions appellant complains that the court permitted the country attorney to ask the jurymen on their examination the following question: “Have you any conscientious scruples against inflicting the death penalty as a punishment for crime where the State depends upon circumstantial testimony for a conviction ?” and when the jurymen answered they had, the court sustained the challenge of the State to such jurors. As…
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