Dent v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The following statement of the case is taken from appellant’s brief: The appellant, W. J. Dent, was indicted at the May term, 1900, of the District Court of Cherokee County, as accessory to murder. _ In order that the court may correctly understand the points made in the brief, we desire to make a statement a little more complete than the .record of this case presents. In November, 1894, in Hemphill County, Texas, one Tom T. McGee was killed.
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The following statement of the case is taken from appellant’s brief: The appellant, W. J. Dent, was indicted at the May term, 1900, of the District Court of Cherokee County, as accessory to murder. _ In order that the court may correctly understand the points made in the brief, we desire to make a statement a little more complete than the .record of this case presents. In November, 1894, in Hemphill County, Texas, one Tom T. McGee was killed. A short time after the killing one George Isaacs was arrested and incarcerated in jail, charged with being an accomplice to the killing of said McGee.…
1Concurrence
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
I concur with Judge Brooks in the result reached in this case, and desire to make a few' observations in regard to three questions only. First, the refusal of the court to continue the case; second, the objection to the introduction of the record of conviction and sentence as evidence; third, the charge of the court to the effect that the judgment and sentence were conclusive of the conviction and guilt of the principal, George Isaacs.
Judge Brooks treated these questions from the authorities which hold that the judgment of conviction of Isaacs was prima facie…
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- Wilcher v. RobertsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1884
- Crow v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1874
- Loggins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1893
- Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1896
- State v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1859
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