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.…
1Dissent
HEHDEBSON, Judge,
(dissenting).—Appellant was tried and convicted in the District Court of Cherokee County on an indictment charging him with being an accessory after the fact in aiding George Isaacs to escape from the penitentiary at Rusk, where he was confined undergoing a life sentence for the murder of T. T. McGee. He prosecuted an appeal to this court, and the judgment of the lower court has been affirmed by a majority of this court.
It is held in the opinion that the court did not err in overruling appellant’s motion for continuance; that neither diligence was used, nor was the absent…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Baines v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1901
- Bertrand v. Bingham's Adm'xTexas Supreme Court · 1855