Tullis v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Milam. Tried below before the Hon. A. S. Broaddus. Tullís was tried and convicted of arson. The opinion of the court carefully recites the facts, except that the letter alluded to in the opinion is not given. It is as follows: “Austin, June 18th, 1874. “ Mr. Geo. F. Gage, “Sir: I have been thinking of that matter we were talking of. Now, Mr. Gage, it is impossible for me to stay here four or six weeks idle, and no money.
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Appeal from Milam. Tried below before the Hon. A. S. Broaddus. Tullís was tried and convicted of arson. The opinion of the court carefully recites the facts, except that the letter alluded to in the opinion is not given. It is as follows: “Austin, June 18th, 1874. “ Mr. Geo. F. Gage, “Sir: I have been thinking of that matter we were talking of. Now, Mr. Gage, it is impossible for me to stay here four or six weeks idle, and no money. Now you have everything your own way, and there is no question but you can get your money, if I will get out of the way, and if you will give me a reasonable sum…
1Opinion of the Court
Devine, Associate Justice.
Appellant was convicted *600of the crime of arson, and assigns as error “that the court erred in overruling defendant’s motion for a new trial.”
The evidence consists of the testimony of two persons who heard the accused testify in the mayor’s court in Rock-dale, on the examination of J. B. Matson oh a charge of arson, and a letter written by defendant to the owner of the building burned. Matson was jointly indicted with defendant, but for some reason not appearing in the transcript of the case was not tried with defendant.
We cannot inquire into the admissibility of the…
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