Barron v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Gillespie. Tried below before the Hon. A. W. Moursund. The appellant and W. F. Barron were jointly indicted and jointly tried for the murder of W. W. Walker, in Gillespie county, Texas, on the twenty-eighth day of December, 1885. The trial resulted in the acquittal of W. F. Barron and the conviction of the appellant of manslaughter, with a term of two years in the penitentiary assessed as punishment.
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Appeal from the District Court of Gillespie. Tried below before the Hon. A. W. Moursund. The appellant and W. F. Barron were jointly indicted and jointly tried for the murder of W. W. Walker, in Gillespie county, Texas, on the twenty-eighth day of December, 1885. The trial resulted in the acquittal of W. F. Barron and the conviction of the appellant of manslaughter, with a term of two years in the penitentiary assessed as punishment. Mrs. S. E. Walker, the widow of the deceased, W. W. Walker, and the mother of John and William Walker, was the first witness for the State. She testified, in…
1Opinion of the Court
White, Presiding Judge.
Appellant and his father,W. F. Barron, were jointly indicted and jointly tried for the murder of W. W. Walker. The trial resulted in the acquittal of W. F. Barron, the father, and the conviction of this appellant of manslaughter, with punishment affixed at two years in the penitentiary.
At the trial, the State, over objection of this appellant, was permitted to introduce evidence of threats made by W. F. Barron against deceased and other members of his family, when this defendant was not present. When appellant’s objection to this evidence was overruled, the court…
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