Slade v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Red River County. Tried below before Hon. E. D. McClellan. John Slade, the defendant, and E. Z. Roberts were indicted jointly for the murder of Pleas White. They were tried separately, Slade being first tried. He was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for the term of forty years.
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Appeal from Red River County. Tried below before Hon. E. D. McClellan. John Slade, the defendant, and E. Z. Roberts were indicted jointly for the murder of Pleas White. They were tried separately, Slade being first tried. He was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for the term of forty years. Roberts was subsequently tried at the same term of the court, convicted of murder in the first degree, and the punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for life. Both defendants appealed to the Court of Appeals, and in the…
1Opinion of the Court
HURT, Judge.
Slade and Roberts were jointly indicted for the murder of Pleas White. A severance was had, and Slade was placed on trial, which resulted in a conviction for murder of the second degree, his punishment being fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for forty years. From this judgment Slade appeals and assigns numerous errors.
First assignment: “The court erred in overruling the motion for continuance. ’ ’ The evidence desired from Mrs. Ann Roberts was ‘ ‘ that she saw defendant when he arrived at Dave Roberts’, and that there was' no blood upon his shirt, and that Slade had changed…
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