House v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Dallas, on change of venue from Ellis County. Tried below before Hon. Charles F. Clint. Appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree; penalty, imprisonment for life in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Dallas, on change of venue from Ellis County. Tried below before Hon. Charles F. Clint. Appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree; penalty, imprisonment for life in the penitentiary. The appellant was charged in four counts by the indictment with the murder of Frances Cervinka, on the 19th day of July, 1893. First, by striking her on the head with a shotgun; second, by striking her upon the head with a hard substance; third, by choking her with his hand and striking her on the head with a gun; fourth, by striking her upon the head with a…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for life.
Ellis House, owner of defendant when a slave, testified that the general reputation of appellant in the community in which he, lived was good for peace and quietude; that he was a law-abiding citizen, and that his reputation was good as well for truth and veracity. Defendant failed to testify in his own behalf, whereupon the county attorney moved to exclude the evidence of the witness in regard to his character for truth and veracity. The…
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